Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Heading for New Zealand

Well after being home since Chile, I head off in 2 hours for Taranaki, New Zealand where we are hosting our Pacific forum. New Pacific RC Gordy Webb has rallied our key leaders from 4 nations to come and have leadership training as well as strategic planning.

Just last week Gordy visited Vanuatu (not the greatest known surf destination) and in just one local village where they stayed they found 20-30 kids surfing every day on broken boards and pieces of wood. The village sees the value of finding ways to connect the gospel to their youth and said they would love to explore a CS model.

Fiji's Kris Stice has already modeled an evangelism and discipling strategy utilizing surf coaching that has captured hearts and made an impact on many otherwise church-bored youth. I'm looking forward to hearing Kris' story tomorrow. Be praying for myself and our next 3 days of meetings. This rolls then into their national Easter Camp, but I'll be coming home.