Timothy Project: CSCS Ecuador 2017 will feature a soccer team from Colorado Springs Christian Schools (CSCS) headed to Quito, Ecuador mid-June. The team will partner with Inca Link and their soccer ministry, Cumbre Alta.   Soccer players and their parents who attend CSCS will be working to serve the needs Inca Link has in their ministries. One of those groups is the semi-professional team Cumbre Alta. It is a team driven to compete at the highest level while focusing on ministry and discipleship. Jason Rollins, CSCS Athletic Director and coach of both the girls and boys soccer teams, expounded on Cumbre Alta and its objectives within the Quito communities, The soccer players also work with youth to connect with them through

Last December, Athletes in Action (AIA) and a few professional soccer players from the United States traveled to North Africa and recently sent a final update on their trip to CrossTraining. Among some of the trip highlights were the team being able to visit some of those working in country with over 5,000 youth through the sport of soccer and spending a full day with Syrian refugees. Many of the team members were touched by the difficult conditions that the refugees were faced with — from being ousted from their homes to being foreigners in a different country.   The team spent time providing soccer coaching and instruction. They worked with some 100 children and 40 adults in the various soccer clinics they

CrossTraining's Timothy Project: Liberia 2017 is grateful to have the opportunity to reach the people of Liberia again through Thomas Fahn's Liberian Institute For Empowerment (L.I.F.E.). Fahn recently sent an update on the state of Liberia in light of the latest events in the area. We are struck by what Fahn has to share and  even more honored to help make a difference for the children of Liberia. Fahn writes, "As you know, Liberia came from fourteen years of brutal civil war, which ravaged the country’s economic, health, and education infrastructures. The 2014 Ebola outbreak also added to the suffering of the Liberian people, killing nearly 5,000 people. Many Liberia youth were greatly affected by these two traumatic events. As result,

CrossTraining's Timothy Project: Valor Costa Rica 2017 Final Update shares about the donations, used by the Valor girls soccer team, that surprised an unsuspecting championship team with cleats moments before the game's whistle blew to start the game! According to Valor junior, Caroline Noonan, : "We were able to provide her kids with cleats just in time!" FC Fusion is a ministry in Costa Rica, founded in Tamarindo , to reach kids in the community.  They were preparing for a championship game when the Valor team met them.  The Valor students discovered that even though they were headed into a championship game, some of the players didn't even own cleats.  Valor sprang into action and not only fitted them with

For the Timothy Project: Senegal 2016 Final Update spring has been exciting time. The Center in Senegal has seen tremendous growth in the soccer program they're building.  The Center and its team members have been working hard to provide structured and well-run soccer clubs to the children both locally and in surrounding communities. This April, the Center hosted a tournament in St. Louis, Senegal.  Over 80 children participated in the all-day tournament.  These children came from The Center's kid's clubs, surrounding neighborhoods and even many boys from off the streets. Hosting tournaments to reach more children (ages 3-18) has been a deep desire of the team members.  This tournament was not the first this spring and hopefully only one of many in the coming months.