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Update from Wilderness Church: Mexico

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In January, fourteen members from Wilderness Church flew down to Primo Tapia, Mexico to serve at the La Hermosa Orphanage. The church team requested soccer gear from Soccer Chaplains United’s Community Project request program. Below is a brief update from Pastor Jake Chambers on the trip and what the team was able to accomplish as well as plans to head back in May.

The trip was so great. We had such a fun time at the ranch and we were able to do some training for the kids and some for the house moms, too, which was so fun. The kids loved the jerseys as well, so thanks so much for getting those.

A lot of love in that home and so was fun to just share in all the love that the Lord is spreading there!

We were also able to build them a chicken coop and secure the fencing around their soccer field which was great. We are going to try and go back there again in May.

Jake Chambers on the trip to La Hermosa Orphanage

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Wilderness Church Is Off to Mexico!

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This morning, fourteen members from Wilderness Church flew to Primo Tapia, Mexico to serve at the La Hermosa Orphanage. The church team requested soccer gear from Soccer Chaplains United’s Community Project request program. You can follow the teams progress and blog updates below.

La Hermosa Orphanage

Pastor Jakeb Chambers (pictured below, right) has been partnering with La Hermosa since their inception in 2018. The orphanage was built by a local church, and resides on the property. The pastor of that church was himself an orphan, and was adopted by the pastor that served before him. What a legacy!

The team is traveling to lead a soccer camp and provide some aid, stability during a time of transition. La Hermosa recently took in nine new children and is in the middle of a few staff transitions. Jakeb shared that these kids are coming from a place where they have been “cast out” and told that they “don’t belong”. But they love soccer! For him, it is much more than just a soccer jersey. A jersey represents a team – a place of belonging; a family. This gear will be the perfect way to welcome the new children to the home and to bring them all together as a team – the La Hermosa familia!

Project Fulfillment:

  • 2 Ball Pumps
  • 21 T-Shirts
  • 21 Youth Soccer Kits (jerseys and shorts)

Remember, when you support Soccer Chaplains United, a portion of your gift automatically goes to help our community projects and requests. You can give specifically to help cover our costs by making a gift through PushPay — simply select Community from the selectable funds. Your financial gift helps us purchase new soccer equipment, sponsor individuals or organizations, and cover associated costs of providing Bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

Musana First for 2020

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Musana Community Development is the first Community Project request for Soccer Chaplains United for 2020. Musana is a non-profit located in Uganda, which started 11 years ago, when Colorado natives Andrea and Leah Pauline traveled to Uganda for a summer internship. Witnessing extreme poverty and corruption at a local orphanage, they knew they had to help.

Shortly after starting Musana, the girls began partnering with local Ugandans to empower them to BE THE CHANGE in their own community. That is when their vision shifted and they realized a new way to tackle poverty. Led and envisioned by local Ugandans, Musana is not a charity, but a sustainable solution. Bringing economic and social development together, Musana uses social enterprises as a catalyst for change.

Musana is breaking the cycle of poverty through an integrated, holistic approach that is restoring hope and dignity by pointing to the local people, in helping them realize their own capacity to not only survive, but to thrive.

About Musana

WE BELIEVE IN… LOCAL OWNERSHIP: Our projects are envisioned and implemented by a team of local men and women who empower and drive the community to take a leadership role in “being the change.” SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: We promote an innovative social business mentality by creating enterprises focused on health, education, and skill development. SUSTAINABILITY: We aim to generate 100% of our operating budget through locally generated funds from our social enterprises. ACCOUNTABILITY: We fight corruption through strict checks and balances, and internal controls to ensure that every Ugandan shilling is spent with integrity and efficiently supports the development of the community. THE CYCLE: Our social enterprises (Education, Health Care and Skills Development) work independently but in support of each other, cycling the profits back into the community through education scholarships, rural workshops, medical assistance, microloans, and skills training.

The Project

Musana is teaming up with Homes of Living Hope to donate much needed supplies to Musana’s replication site, where a new school will be opening February 2020. The purchased land and start of construction will result in a third campus of the Musana Nursery and Primary School to provide a unique, quality education to 1,000 Ugandan children living in Kaliro.

The organization will have 2-3 containers located in North and South Denver for three months (February – April) — building out these shipping containers to be used as vocational classrooms at the new site in Uganda. The containers will also be filled with medical equipment, school supplies and sports equipment. Uniform donations from Soccer Chaplains United will fulfill a huge need for the students.

The Request

Musana is requesting matching uniforms for teen boys (including jerseys & shorts), soccer balls, cleats and shin guards. Any quantity will be welcomed, as they have multiple teams, with over 100 students playing soccer each year.

When you financially support Soccer Chaplains United a portion of your gift automatically goes to help our community projects and requests. You can give specifically to help cover our costs by making a gift through PushPay — simply select Community from the selectable funds. Your financial gift helps us purchase new soccer equipment, sponsor individuals projects and organizations, and to cover associated costs of providing Bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

Community Request from Y Quien Habla Por Mí

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Soccer Chaplains United’s first community project request fulfillment of 2019 came last week as one of the directors of Y Quien Habla Por Mí was in Colorado visiting me and my family. Nasser Moreno and I became friends a few years ago when my family was in Juarez, Mexico on a family mission service project. Nasser, a former football (soccer) player, happened to be visiting his family in Juarez at the time and we hit it off.

Nasser and I met in October 2017 in Juarez, MX

Last year, Nasser and his uncle and aunt came to the U.S. for a visit. We ended up hosting him for a number of days. Between my broken Spanish and his broken English we have managed to form a friendship that is perhaps the unlikeliest, or in the least not one that I would have expected. And not only has Nasser become my friend, but one dearly loved by my family. As we caught up via text message around Christmas, we had the idea of having Nasser come out to Colorado again and spend time with our family.

Nasser and I pose outside the front gate of Garden of the Gods in CO, 2019

It was on this latest trip, that Nasser began to share more of his work with Y Quien Habla Por Mí. This foundation is quite rare in Mexico. According to the website, it is one of the first of its kind to be dedicated to be dedicated to eradicating various violations against children. Whether it is crimes such as human trafficking, kidnapping, disappearances, child pornography, or other means of exploitation. The foundation has several programs and is involved in an amber alerting system similar to here in the U.S.

The children of Y Quien Habla Por Mí are involved in many programs aimed at bringing comfort and healing after they have been hurt and wounded.

One of the programs includes using soccer (fútbol). Nasser helps to direct the soccer programs and for the associated orphanage in the Iztapalapa neighborhood in Mexico City. There are approximately 70+ children that are in the orphanage in a given time and usually hundreds others that are participating in the sports programs.

At one point during Nasser’s visit, he turned to me, “you can help the childrens, if you want?” I could see in his eyes that he was hopeful for these children that have no hope. He explained that there is little support in Mexico for these kinds of things — many children endure abuse and other exploitations and are left abandoned and alone, especially in Mexico City.

You can help the childrens, if you want?

– Nasser Moreno, March 2019

We spent a couple hours going through bins in the garage — pulling out uniforms and soccer gear donated by the Rapids and other soccer organizations. We loaded up two bags full of soccer gear. With various jerseys and shorts we sent Nasser back with about 100 lbs. of gear to give back to the children and those working with Y Quien Habla Por Mí.

Remember, when you support Soccer Chaplains United a portion of your gift automatically goes to help projects and requests like this one for Y Quien Habla Por Mí. You can give specifically to help cover our costs by making a gift through PushPay — simply select Community from the selectable funds. Your financial gift helps us purchase new soccer equipment, sponsor individuals or organizations, and to cover associated costs of providing Bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

Timothy Project: KE 2014 Leaving the Neighborhood

Today marks the departure of the team from The Neighborhood Church in Littleton, CO as they head to Kenya to work with a couple of orphanages as highlighted in our original story. Pastor Mike Klassen reached out in late June to see if CrossTraining could help with some soccer equipment for the team to take to the children in the orphanage. With the help of local soccer club Colorado Storm – CrossTraining was able to deliver a lot of gear for the team to take with them.

Outside Colorado Storm's Centennial office, club coaches look over the donations made to the latest Timothy Project.

Outside Colorado Storm’s Centennial office, club coaches look over the donations made to the latest Timothy Project.

The team had hoped to take six extra suitcases of supplies but their expectations were overwhelmed with the response. Director Kenney recalls the response when he pulled up to pick up the donations,

I think a few coaches said, “Good luck trying to make it all fit.”

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The response from the local soccer club Colorado Storm was overwhelming as Rev Kenney’s car was filled to overflowing.

In addition, CrossTraining, with part of the Timothy Project funds, donated some brand-new soccer balls and gave the team copies of The Prize: Under Pressure DVD to take with them and give to the orphanages and different churches while in Kenya. Pastor Klassen excitedly received the equipment on Tuesday for the team to pack and ready for their trip,

Make sure to pray for the team as they embark on the two-week trip and stay tuned for an update and pictures from the team’s time in country. You can access the team blog here.

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It was a tight fit, driving all the donations back.

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If you would like to support future Timothy Project ventures, such as this one, please use the PayPal link below to make a donation. Your financial gift helps to secure additional equipment, sponsor a missionary or organization in an outreach effort, and cover associated costs of providing bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

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Timothy Project KE 2014: Expanding the Neighborhood

The Neighborhood Church in Littleton, Colorado is partnering with Children of Hope to serve two orphanages–in Nairobi and Kitale, Kenya from August 7 to August 20, 2014. The five member team, led by Pastor Mike Klassen will be conducting a Vacation Bible School for the children in the orphanage while they are on summer break and will look to integrate soccer into the program for the kids as well.

This is the second mission trip that our congregation has done and part of our vision is to build relationships so that our church members can support the children in these orphanages.

Klassen spoke to the activities and work that the team plans on contributing while at the two orphanages including conducting the VBS program, cleaning up around the orphanage locations, playing with the children, and preaching at nearby churches that the children attend.

We’re a relational church and so we want our mission and work to be relational. One of the things we are going to do is take the kids into town and treat them to dinner and purchase some toys and goodies possibly – you know, things that they probably never get to experience.

Donations are needed before August 1, 2014 – balls, shirts and shorts for children are among some of the needs. If you can make a financial donation to help The Neighborhood Church it would be greatly appreciated!

Orphanage of Hope - Africa

This is the second time that CrossTraining has supported equipment or a team to a Children of Hope orphanage – as this team goes, will they find the orange ball (2011) from the previous trip? Stay tuned to find out!

If you would like to support future Timothy Project ventures, such as this one, please use the PayPal link below to make a donation. Your financial gift helps to secure additional equipment, sponsor a missionary or organization in an outreach effort, and cover associated costs of providing bibles, soccer equipment, and other outreach tools locally and around the world!

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