Not a bad place to play football

By the time you read this, Tim will be in the air somewhere over Europe on his way to Albania.  Together with some friends from Pavilion Christian Community he is going to be part of a football team working to support a church in Tirana by doing outreach in schools and prisons, building bridges by playing the beautiful game.

It may be that kicking a football around is one of the most effective ways of connecting with people, but we hope this visit will be about more than just having fun together.  We’re hoping that we’ll encourage the Christians and build up the profile of the church in this Moslem country.  We’re praying that we’ll have opportunities to share what Jesus means to us with people who don’t yet know him.  And we would like to be effective ambassadors for Christ among a people who probably have a very misguided understanding of what Christianity really is about.

So please pray for us till we get home again next Friday:

• Pray that we’ll communicate the message effectively in word and deed
• Pray that we’ll quickly bond together as a mission team as well as a football team
• Pray that we’ll have the energy to play a match at least once a day in 30 degree temperatures
• Pray that we’ll be healthy enough to do all that we need to
• Pray for grace to cope with situations we may find unusual

Faleminderit!*

* Thank you!