"The goal of the Christian life is to Love well."
We decided to have a little celebration of our own this year for Labor Day. The first time ever! Labor Day in the Dominican Republic. : ) We invited friends over and had an awesome cook-out with great food, fellowship and wonderful conversation about LOVE.
"How wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love surpasses knowledge" Ephesians 3:18
One of our fellow missionaries, Mike Braisted, has had a year full of many emotions, trials, tears and triumphs. A year ago tomorrow, his dad, Joe, passed away from a heart attack. Joe was a man full of LOVE. He loved God with a fierce passion, loved people, and loved his family. For this reason, we are hosting a 4 team inter-church basketball tournament in memory of Joe Braisted that kicks off on Saturday at the court here in the neighborhood. The tournament is called, "Hearts of Champions", and the theme is love. The purpose of this tournament is to bring church to the un-churched. Three churches from our community; Cuerpo de Cristo, Asamblea de Dios and Vida Nueva Bautista will be particpating as well as a team of adults from the neighborhood that aren't attending worship services anywhere.
How do we use our hearts to love to full capacity?
This tournament is also in memory of a friend of ours that passed away 4 years ago from a heart attack, Claude LaMaster. This is the 4th year in a row that we've honored Claude by hosting this tournament. We have changed the name of the tournament so that it would focus on a commonality that both Joe and Claude shared.......hearts of champions.
We want to use this tournament as a tool to evangelize to the community in an expression of love. We pray that hearts are touched and that the purpose of these games is fulfilled in a beautiful extension of love."Our goal is to love God with our whole
being, to be consistently conscious of God through our daily life."
To read more about Joe Braisted, please visit the blog page of Mike and Amanda Braisted. The link is posted below:
http://braistedadventures.blogspot.com/p/heart-of-champions-tournament.html
Love God. Love People. Love Well.
(we were having a little too much fun with our Labor Day sign!)
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