Olympics!

First stop on our Euro tour was the Olympics to work with AIA (Athletes In Action) to care for the Olympic athletes. Our goals were to:
- show God's love to these players at a time of great pressure in their life. Whether they win or lose (and most lose) they can end up feeling like they let people down or even that their achievement has been hollow.

- show and encourage the athletes how their accomplishment can be a platform for them to share Jesus and/or great values like Integrity and Humility.

- help them see an identity in Christ. To let them know how Jesus sees them. Not just how the world sees them. The world can be a fickle friend :-)

Pics:
- Maggie in front of Westminster Abbey.
- on the lawn of the Abbey we found our YWAM friends from KONA, Hawaii! Can u believe it??? We couldn't!
- they did a free Aloha/Asian show on the lawn complete with Hula and Warrior drums! We knew about Six of the performers including the producer Maria Jackson and her two delightful sons Micah & David. Micah did his homework on our front stoop our entire time in Kona!!! Small world. Welcome to the world of full time missions :-)

- the very professional show gathers a huge crowd. They really don't evangelize directly. Instead they just talk about how the songs and dances express the never ending and always waiting love of our God. Sooooo cooool!

- pic of the very FIRST Olympic Prayer Breakfast stage with Jerry Colangelo, President of Phoenix Suns & USA Basketball speaking. This breakfast is patterned after the Superbowl and Final Four breakfast you may have seen us mention. It was a huge success and they passed out first Eric Liddell award to athletes displaying high character & high giving back. If you don't remember Eric, he is the subject of the movie Chariots Of Fire. Rent it again soon!

- our favorite speaker was a Paralympian that survived both her legs lost to a propeller as she was run over by a boat as she was skiing. Amazing story of despair turned into gold all with God's support & glory.

- of course we were able to get everywhere we needed to be with London's awesome underground transit they call The Tube!

Thank you for sharing we is!