"Yesterday at noon, a legendary runner form (an east African country) came to the Bible Study. We prayed for her that God will strengthen her for her marathon. She has previously won many prestigious marathons...and she is a sister in the Lord. There are many Christians in this wild world of sports. Many are strong in the Lord but many are living in compromise, and many have back slided, because there was nobody to encourage and help them.Pray that those who are strong will firmly stand out for Jesus. And pray that during these Olympics the Spirit will restore those who are weak and down.
Pray also for a field athlete from a west African country. Pray that she will feel the love of Christ and be strong to perform at the maximum of her potential, for the glory of God. She received a sport New Testament and a Jesus Film DVD with a lot of Joy. Pray that God will use these materials in a mighty way to transform her.
Yesterday I also met a European track and field team member. She came to pray at the Religious Services Center. Pray for her that the Lord will reveal his love to her too."
And here's a story I haven't been reporting on too often yet...
"You might have been wondering what do AIA staff do if they are not in the village and able to meet face to face with athletes we know. Let me give you a bit of a picture...Once after our AIA morning group meetings and devotion time, (we) struck out for the town to "find" athletes to distribute DVDs. When they are not in their competitions they are able to do some sightseeing and shopping themselves. We headed to one of these areas. Almost immediately, I saw an Asian guy taking a picture of four others so I offered to take the picture for them. They all immediately took out cameras and Karen and I were "in"! They wore athlete's badges so we asked them where they were from - this way we know which format of our DVD to give them. I told them we had gifts for each of the athletes and would accept one - each of them did! (These DVDs have faith stories of other Olympians being told in one of eight languages. Then a film about the life of Christ. All in their own language!) After leaving that group we walked a bit more and saw ANOTHER group of athletes taking a picture...again, one taking it of four others! :) SO, offered to take the picture and ask "where are you all from?" (One of the "country-stans"!) Yes, we had a DVD with Russian on it so they could watch it in a language they understand! They were wrestlers and one of them knew of two of our wrestling staff who have been in their country!!! :)SO, that is what others do to help distribute 3500 copies of this Olympic Version DVD and the good news of Jesus Christ! :)"
Mo' tammarra!
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