Sports Friends Malawi

When Stealing is Good

By Luke Voight & Pastor Fostance Mtolo, SF Malawi The tiny village of Nyachipere is being flipped upside down through a couple small homemade soccer balls and a little church whose goal is to kick the devil in the face. In our football (soccer) and netball...

Vibrant Village Ministry in Malawi

Below update is from our most recent trip to the southern villages where we have been investing much of our time and prayers. Written by Fostance Mtolo, SF Malawi Fostance:  We thank God for laying the foundation of church-centered sports ministry in Malawi!  From the...

Profile of a Coach: Honest

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2 By Luke Voight, SF Malawi, Photos by Jenn Brady, SF ISS As we approached the field, we couldn’t help but smile at the...

Women’s Sports Ministry: Netball!

By Luke Voight & Erin Kranz Women's netball ministry here in Malawi is heating up! The women's netball teams from Chilomoni (the team from our neighborhood) and Bangwe had a great time playing and hanging out together. There where lots of people watching and...

Njira ya Mtanda, “The Way of the Cross”

By Luke Voight, SF Malawi Not too long ago, I heard the ever-so-familiar sound of a little dusty fist pounding on our front door.   It was the boys.  To my surprise, I only found two of them standing outside.  With hopeful expectation in their eyes they said, "Kodi,...

Building Christ’s Kingdom Creatively

By Luke Voight Earlier this month I traveled to the southern villages of Malawi with some of our local partners to follow up with the sports ministry leaders we trained at the Basic Training back in June.  We have been specifically praying that the Holy Spirit would...

What It’s All About: Malawi Camp Update

By Luke & Becca Voight Thank you for praying for the Southern Region youth camp that we recently had for the Africa Evangelical Church.  It was a wonderful time and God worked in power.  As always, we had some difficulties but God seemed to always be right there...

800 Youth, Some Soccer Balls, And A Few Godly Coaches

We have a quick prayer request for you all today. Our SF Malawi team will be hosting around 800 youth for a youth Gospel/sports camp today through August 5th.  Please pray that the Holy Spirit would move in incredible ways in the lives of these youth who are making...

Malawi Basic Training Update

Story: Luke Voight, Photography: Jenn Brady, Editing: Erin Kranz Thanks so much for your fervent prayers over the past few weeks.  Prayer drove us through the many ups and downs of the first-ever Sports Friends Basic Training here in Malawi. The training began on...