{"id":10415,"date":"2021-01-06T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10415"},"modified":"2020-12-15T12:00:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:00:24","slug":"retro-sports-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/retro-sports-camp.html","title":{"rendered":"Retro: Sports Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>10 years ago today, a ministry called Uncharted Waters was back in Ixtapaluca to help us train local churches to share the gospel through sports camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several churches were involved, and a lot of continuing ministry grew out of the skills that we learned during that time. Both Hannah and Nathanael attended the sports camp (which was in the community of Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda), playing basketball and soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the leaders asked me to take photos that they could use in future promotion, so I took a <em>lot<\/em> of pictures! Here&#8217;s just one, during a game of &#8211; what do you call it? It&#8217;s that one where you steal the bandana or flag from the other person. In this case, you have to keep dribbling the whole time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/basketball-jesusmaria2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/basketball-jesusmaria2011.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball drills at an evangelistic sports camp in Ixtapaluca.\" class=\"wp-image-10417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/basketball-jesusmaria2011.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/basketball-jesusmaria2011-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years ago today, a ministry called Uncharted Waters was back in Ixtapaluca to help us train local churches to share the gospel through sports camps. 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