Yesterday was a great day all the way around. We spent the day doing clinics and saying goodbye to all the children that we have gotten to know this week. After a slow initial week ministry wise we have really seen God open many doors this week. After the clinic we headed for the game. Many of the children from the camp came to cheer for us. In fact, most of them rode the bus with us. They all thought that was really a cool thing. The game itself was our most challenging of the trip. Both teams played well in the first half and we had a 2 point lead at the break. As has been the case on the entire tour we really dominated the third quarter and took a 13 point lead into the final 10 minutes. But in the fourth, they got really hot and shot there way back into the game. The margin was cut to 1 with less than a minute to play but key free throws by Bobby Huck and a basket by Eric Coblentz helped to seal the deal. The final score was 88-82. After the game we were invited by a different team to go out for dinner. It was a great experience and a wonderful to share the goodness of our Lord with these players and coaches. They took us to a very nice restaurant where we had squid, octupus (pretty sure that is not the correct spelling), fish, and a variety of side dishes. Today we are winding things down in preparation for our flight home. We are going to try to go the Sea to go jet skiing this morning and then we will have all of our final meetings this afternoon. We look forward to seeing all of your sweet faces in a day or two. God bless you all!!
AIA Lebanon