Countdown to your PWP Project: Fun Facts

May 3, 2018

Dear SQ 2018 Athlete or Parent, Besides being a life-changing, paradigm-shifting experience, SportQuest projects are also a lot of fun!… Read more Countdown to your PWP Project: Fun Facts

Dear SQ 2018 Athlete or Parent,

Besides being a life-changing, paradigm-shifting experience, SportQuest projects are also a lot of fun!  So we decided to create a list of 10 Fun Facts about SportQuest to highlight a few unique aspects of this summer’s projects!

“Let the whole world sing for JOY, because You govern the nations with justice  and guide the people of the whole world.”  Psalm 67:4

10 FUN FACTS

1.  Out of all of our 2018 participants, 58% are in high school, 24% are in college , and 18% are out of college. 53% are girls , and 47% are guys .

2.  53% are 1st-time participants.

3.  We will have a total of 11 states represented from the US along with athletes from 2 other countries during our 2018 projects. The top 3 most represented states: Michigan, Indiana, and Tennessee .

4.  In Baton Rouge, one of the favorite meals of the week is always Crawfish Etouffee !

5.  In San Diego, SQ athletes have been known to jump off a cliff… and safely land in the ocean beneath.

6.  Many years ago in Belgium, one of our SQ athletes dropped her passport off a bridge into a canal.  One of her SQ teammates came to the rescue though and jumped into the canal.  By some miracle, he was able to recover the passport for her!  

7.  Over the past 18 years, five  couples have met each other on a SportQuest project and have ended up getting married!  The most recent wedding took place on April 14th, 2018 in Hoopstad, South Africa.  SQ staff member Kenneth De Heyn married Janette Swart four years after meeting each other in Belgium during a PWP Project!  

8.  Since 1998, SportQuest has led PWP Projects in Indianapolis, Lawton, Lubbock, Baton Rouge, and San Diego as well as in 17 other countries around the world .

9.  The largest SportQuest camp so far was in Kenya in 2010 with 800 Samburu tribal youth learning basketball and soccer each day!

10.  The 4th Musketeer is also part of the SportQuest family and provides inspiration for every man’s heart and worldwide waves of compassion.   XCC Weekends push men — both young and old — to their limits and cause them to rely on their brothers and on God.   Muskathlons are events for men and women who want to fight injustice in our world such as child poverty, human trafficking, and religious persecution.

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