So, it's been an interesting year so far, we had skate missions plans of our own but the Lord had another plan. I read this awesome quote from Matin Luther King today that said, "I have held many things in my hands and lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hand I still possess."
You may not know this, but the president of CS was born in Argentina. Although he was raised in the US since an infant, he is an Argentine citizen. In his early 20s, he was living for himself and not the Lord. He found himself in trouble for possession of marijuana. However, soon his life was about to change in ways he never expected.
He walked into a local skate park one night, and stumbled upon not skate, but a Bible study. It was that night that he began a true relationship with the Lord.
He began serving at the park as a volunteer. Right after the 9/11 attacks, business began to decline and keeping the doors of the park open get increasingly more difficult. A local church then asked the owners to consider moving the park to a property the church owned. It was then that he was asked to come on staff.
Passionate about how the Lord used a skate ministry to change his life, he and a few others set on an adventure to begin a ministry that purposed to help others reach skaters too. Thus, Christian Skaters was born.
But, we know our sin has consequences. So, fast forward 13 years after his arrest....He begins traveling a ton doing Skate Missions with pro and am skaters and ministries. Last summer he visited over 6 countries in 3 months. He was flagged on a trip back from Sweden and now has received a notice of a deportation hearing. His case is strong, but it is in the Lord's hands. So we ask for your prayers that the Lord gives him grace and that his testimony of the change in his life may lead judges, lawyers, and all involved to a closer relationship with their creator. Please join us in praying.
We see this as a unique opportunity to raise up willing leaders and teams to go were he can not right now. For we know that the Lord's plan may not be our own but it is ALWAYS better!
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