Dear Support Team,
Well, Our Awesome Lord Jesus has done it again!!
This past Saturday (March 2nd) we held an FCA breakfast at the
State Wrestling Championships.
The breakfast was at the OSU Fawcett Center across from the
Schottenstein Center.
Around 100 coaches and athletes came to this first ever event
for our area.
Our speaker was Nate Carr, a former National wrestling champion
turned lover of Jesus.
He delivered a gospel centered message and gave an invitation to
receive Jesus as Lord/Savior.
Fifteen men and boys raised their hands to receive Christ; after
his prayer Nate asked them to
stand if they raised their hand; the same 15 stood up for
Christ. I was then handed the mike to
close the breakfast; I then challenged the 15 to meet me and
Nate after the breakfast to say
aloud that they were committing their lives to Christ. I
had 2 coaches and 3 athletes in my group
and we asked each of them to state; "I am here today to
receive Jesus as my Lord & Savior."
All of them gladly shared, one coach was weeping as he spoke.
Praise our Wonderful Lord Jesus; He blessed the sharing of His
gospel once again.
One coach who raised his hand and stood had to leave right away,
but he sent me a text message later: "I have been a Christian for
four years but this was the first time I took a public stand for Christ.
..."
One of the athletes in my group was a wrestler for OSU; he
raised his hand and stood and so did his coach, OSU Head Coach, Tom Ryan.
The OSU wrestler is a sophomore from New Jersey; the AIA (Athletes In Action)
guys at OSU have agreed to follow-up with him and Coach Ryan.
I have met with the three football coaches from our area who
came forward at our FCA football breakfast. All of them are excited about
their new life in Christ and are anxious to grow; two of them were weeping
tears of joy as we shared. I have seldom witnessed such powerful moving
of the Holy Spirit as He honors the preaching of the gospel and gives the
amazing gift of eternal life in Christ. Thank you for helping to change
the lives of these influential coaches through your gifts and prayers.
May many more come to Christ in this "2013-the year of the Gospel".
Keep praying "Dear Ones" as we disciple those being
saved.
We love you all,
Daryl
We are proud to be hand in hand with FCA in sharing Jesus with
others. We are committed to communicating Christ through whatever means, even
sports, so that all may hear this life transforming message. If you are
interested in more information on our ministry with athletes and coaches please
do not hesitate to give me a shout out!
Until all the world knows Jesus,
Pastor David
