Last week I went to a apartment complex in Charlotte to listen to the kids there read to me. Myself and Katie Forbis, a former player and current Women's ministry coordinator, went to the apartments with the Urban Eagles. The Urban Eagles are a part of the Charlotte Office ministry. They go into a couple different apartment complexes where different refuge groups are concentrated. They formed a soccer team in each place and then they minister to the children on the team and their families. This could mean anything from just hanging out to helping the children with their reading. Because many of the kids are in school then need as much practice as they can get. The parents usually do not know any english so we help teach them as well.
I stopped by for the first time with Kaite and we were both blown away about how wonderful the children are and how eager they are to read. It was such an easy thing to serve and love them. The exciting part was that we found out a couple of days after we visited that a dozen kids excepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior!!
Some of the kids that we met were in the video that I posted earlier. I have added another video here about what the urban eagles are all about. Check it out!
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