Todd Family Haiti: "The Mustard Seed"

The Mustard Seed

“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

I couldn't help but think of this parable when I saw this little boy playing with the soccer ball. Our vision is for millions of kids and families to live and breathe the meaning of Hope, Faith and Unconditional Love. We believe in our hearts that Sport Disciple will be a catalyst for the mustard seed to grow throughout Haiti and throughout the nations. I wish a blog was capable of letting you experience the smiles, laughter and joy that Jesus is bringing to these kids through this program. Hopefully someday you’ll be able to come visit and see for yourselfJ. Thank you to all who have come beside us to help cultivate this seed, the best is yet to come!!

Call for help!!

We’re getting really excited here for our upcoming soccer season starting this June!! I’m including a few pictures so you can see the progress on the fields and of the community outreach we've been doing with local schools. Lots of hands & hearts pouring into these fields & program!

If you have been or are able to start collecting as much soccer equipment as possible, we’re still trying to fill our container for shipping this April. Please consider going to your local leagues, schools or just around the neighborhood. Below is a list of items we are looking for:

· Soccer Balls
· Whistles/Stop Watches/Megaphones
· Pop up goals
· Cleats & sneakers (all sizes)
· Shin guards
· Socks (lots of them)
· Athletic shorts, black preferably
· Nets for the goals, 2 regulation and 6 youth size
· Ball bags
· Underwear (ages 6-16, boys & girls)
· Scrimmage Vess
· Gatorade Style Water Coolers
· Score Boards
· Clipboards/Dry Erase Boards/Markers
· Large totes, used for teams to put their cleats and equipment in (need lots!)
· Large Riding mower or ride behind, our current equipment is too large to run across the underground irrigation system.
· Welder/generator, xxl welding jacket, gloves & helmet. (need for construction, soccer goals and weight racks, etc)
· Cones for drills
· High Pressure Honda water pump to be used to run the irrigation system
· Metal Chop saw
· 5 gallon gas cans
· Weed whacker
· Line Painter
· Laundry soap
· Garbage bags for community service projects
· Grass seed (email me for types and amount)
· Grass seed & fertilizer spreader
· Artificial Turf for our 3rd field
· Newer 15 passenger van
· Pick up Truck

If you have already collected some of these, especially the larger items please let me know so we can take them off the list. We need to get all of the gear to our central packing & sorting station in MN no later than April 15.

Please ship to:

The address is:

Valley Bike & Ski

7640 146^th Street West

Apple Valley, MN 55124

Jeff Milbauer is the contact at 952-432-4537

Thank you & God Bless!!