By: Nicole Adams, SF Ethiopia Hate. Vandalism. Violence. Many Christians across the world face extreme persecution for their faith. As an Ethiopian boy growing up in a community where Christianity wasn’t tolerated, *Dawit knew the dangers of associating with...
By: Nicole Adams, SF Camp Langano, Ethiopia At Camp Langano, our campers come from all walks of life - some campers arrive with a backpack full of soccer gear, while others come with only the clothes on their backs. But regardless of their socioeconomic status, they...
From player to coach Putting sports to work for the gospel Story by Nicole Adams, Photos by Nicole Adams & Stephanie Ross Tigist loved to play football (soccer) with her friends. Nearly every day after school she worked hard to develop her foot skills by playing...
By Caris Wetzel & Mia Smith Disabled girls in Ethiopia are often considered to be the lowest of the low. People think they are disabled because God doesn’t love them. Unlike other young people their age, these girls don’t herd animals or go to school because...
By Stephanie Ross, SF Camp Langano, Ethiopia Last month Camp Langano held its first ever sports camp for kids with disabilities. First ever. This meant we had no idea what to expect or whether or not what we had planned was actually going to work. The more you feel...
By Brian & Laura Hall, SF Ethiopia/Camp Langano The audience of 10 where I sat was blown away. Here we were at the Camp Langano meeting hall asking, how did God ever bring these two guys to this training together? The thing is, *David was a cop in Addis, and...
By Nicole Adams, SF Ethiopia As a recent graduate with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Desta had high hopes for his new mobile maintenance shop. Like any young entrepreneur, he had dreams that the shop would grow and be a stable source of income for years to...
By Tripp Johnston. Photos by Jenn Brady. Thank you for your prayers for us as we spent much of the month of October in Ethiopia. What a joy it was to be a part of celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the start of Sports Friends in Ethiopia, and to also be a part of...
By Luke Voight, SF Malawi. Photos by Jenn Brady, SF ISS We recently got back from a three-week intensive International Leadership Training with leaders from Zambia, Malawi, Ghana, Senegal, USA, England, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Thailand, Peru, and Kenya. The training was...
By Lynda Steuer, SF Ethiopia Moving from the largest city in East Africa to a farming community in rural Western NY has proven to be quite an adjustment. We have experienced culture shock in the extreme: new schools, new supermarkets to navigate, and new doctors who...
By Laura Hall, SF Ethiopia/Camp Langano I was having one of those “Mommy” days, and my husband, Brian, could tell. We were about halfway through camp season here at Camp Langano, and the full schedule, Brian’s long hours as the Program Director at camp, and my time at...
By Stephanie Ross Every Monday afternoon during the summer months, 80 different kids from all around Ethiopia are welcomed to Camp Langano. For a few moments, no one in the area can escape the sound of tambourines, flutes, drums, and singing “Inquan denametachew”...
By: Nicole Adams Each week at camp we have the opportunity to love on 80 campers and share the truth of the Gospel with them. We keep the program packed with futball (soccer), teaching, fun games, swimming and crafts, but at the end of the week many campers say that...