It's always fun to look back on a year and see what happened — the places where one has been, the different things accomplished, and the like. For 2019, we can't say necessarily that it was a record-breaking year, but it was an exciting year, nonetheless. Here are some of the highlights: Magda Ehlers at Pexels 10 Community Projects 2019 saw 10 different Community Project fulfillments. We are still waiting for stories and reports on two of those, but similar to 2018 we had 10 fulfilled projects go out locally and around the world. mali maeder at Pexels 1288.5 lbs of gear 2019 is the first year of recording specific weights for projects as we carefully took into consideration different

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church's 2019 mission trip to Juarez was a strengthening, encouraging and fun-filled time of ministry. Jacob Smith, a team member reports back on the trip: The first full day we were there, we went to the park where we spent the afternoon playing a fantastic soccer game with the local people. During the game, we passed out the jerseys and some soccer balls that were generously donated to us through Soccer Chaplains United's Community Project program. It wasn’t just the kids that rushed forward to have a jersey, but the men and women were thrilled to have one too. Jacob Smith, Mission Team Member to Juarez The jerseys and gear helped us bond with the local people

The latest community project request comes from Compassion International in Colorado Springs. Compassion is a long-serving organization whose mission and vision is to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. Compassion's three-cord approach is to be: Christ Centered, Church Based and Child Focused. With that in mind, Compassion's development work with children around the world aims to be holistic in its approach. Matt Pirmann, whose father (Wayne) once helped Soccer Chaplains United, and now works for Compassion, recently reached out to request soccer balls. Compassion in El Salvador has recently engaged in sports development as part of its youth development strategy. We will be taking a few professional women's soccer players to see Compassion's development centers and programs addressing children

Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church, one of the partner churches for Soccer Chaplains United, is headed out to Juarez, Mexico. The church has been serving and working together with Iglesia Maranatha for many years and this annual trip has become a traditional outreach for families to go and serve others. Cherry Creek's request will be the 9th community project of 2019 that is sponsored by Soccer Chaplains United. One of this year's team members, Jacob Smith, shares what the experience is like and what he and other members of the team are looking forward to: The team of Juarez 2019 consists of more than twenty-five people, some of which are included in families, others that are traveling to Juarez without their

This past Sunday, I got to catch up with Larry and Micah Koorneef, a week from being back from Cambodia. Jet-lag over, they expressed gratefulness for the soccer balls and shirts that they were able to take over to the orphans in Cambodia. They also enjoyed meeting Setan Lee and observing and working alongside him and his ministry TransformAsia. Micah even became the new drone pilot for Setan as he video recorded the different facilities and work for the ministry! Micah, made a travel journal during his trip. Here is the entry from the day that they handed out gear to the children at the orphanage: Day 7: Today is Monday. The kids are clingy and won’t stop touching you--very tiring