Panama Project Recap

March 22, 2018

For the second straight year, SportQuest partnered with Trinity Christian School in Lubbock, Texas to do a PWP Project in… Read more Panama Project Recap

For the second straight year, SportQuest partnered with Trinity Christian School in Lubbock, Texas to do a PWP Project in Panama City, Panama. This year 18 students and parents as well as SQ staff members, Rance Bland and Becky Bowden, travelled to Panama to serve alongside Cesar and Irela Rodriguez, SQ Panama Coordinators. The team spent 5 days serving in a bilingual private school that, in many ways, resembles their private school in Texas. Some students know the Lord and some students don’t; some students are living out their faith and some struggle with spiritual apathy and worldly distractions – just like at their school in the U.S.

In the mornings, they visited different classrooms and had the opportunity to lead experiential learning games, share their testimonies, and lead small group Bible studies. In the afternoon, they led a multi-sport clinic featuring basketball, volleyball, baseball, and American football. The excitement and interest level grew tremendously as the week went on, and by the last day there were 130 Panamanian students attending the sport clinic. The sport clinics ended on Friday with “SportQuest Night,” a special event for the students and their families. The SQ team gave awards, shared the Gospel, and served hot dogs and ice cream.

Because they are the same age as these high school students, they are able to quickly connect with them and relate to the things they are going through in life. For both the Panamanian students and American students, this experience really heightens their awareness of how blessed they are to have the opportunity to have a good education in a Christian environment. There was also a deeper level of openness on behalf of the Panamanians toward the SportQuest team this year. Each day the SQ team led small groups, which gave an opportunity to get to know each other and share more personally with one another. Several Panamanian students began following Christ during this week, and many others many others made a commitment, not only to follow Christ, but to help others in their lives to also come to know and follow Christ.

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