2010 Sports Friends Year End Report

If your interested in a really informative SF ministry update then check out our Sports Friends Year-End Review (2010) at www.sports-friends.org click on NEWS!

Kristin and Tripp have put together a year end update you won't want to miss!

Pray 4 Daniel.....

This message came to us from our SF Nigeria office this afternoon.

Daniel Izang, our SF Nigeria staff was on his way to the village on a motorcycle. He and a friend of his (a pastor) saw houses burning and then a mob of young men. By the time the reached the mob they realized that these young men were out to harm anyone they came in contact.

As Daniel and the pastor tried to determine what to do they were pulled from the motorcycle and beaten. Daniel was wit with a brick and became separated from his friend. Then Daniel thought his life was over. They poured gasoline over him and attempted to light him.

He still does not know how God spared him and reunited him with his friend and eventually his family but he is praising God for being able to “live to shout His praises”. It is not over for Daniel as he sustained several injuries and is severely traumatized.

Please pray for his recovery (and his friend) along with emphatic prayers for this violence to cease.

Blessings,

Kyle Abts

for the Sports Friends Nigeria team

PS Daniel is a sweet sweet brother in Christ, husband and father of two beautiful children. He and I traveled to Ghana and Liberia together last year where I observed first hand his sincere wholehearted commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ and desire for others to know His Savior & experience the same joy He has as a follower of Christ. I believe he and has wife would be the first African SF family to serve cross culturally. PLEASE PLEASE Uphold Him in prayer. I have received word in the last 20minutes that he is in Evangel hospital, which is a SIM hospital, where he is experiencing headaches & is vomiting.

***I spoke with Kyle Abts not long ago and Daniel is resting in a bed at the ABts home. Daniel doesn't appear to have any internal injuries.

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