{"id":71,"date":"2026-10-23T20:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-10-23T20:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T20:46:49","slug":"sports-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/?page_id=71","title":{"rendered":"Sports Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSCF0838.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSCF0838.jpg 640w, https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/DSCF0838-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sports are a great way to capture the attention of the youth in Nicaragua. \u00a0The climate is warm year-round so the kids and teenagers are out playing almost every day. \u00a0Soccer is the number one sport with baseball a not to distant second. \u00a0Kids will blay baseball with a rock and a tree limb. \u00a0They will play soccer with whatever they can find to kick. \u00a0I saw one group of kids playing soccer barefoot with a coconut. \u00a0It&#8217;s never difficult to get a group of youth together to play sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On some trips, we take down uniforms that have been donated to us. \u00a0Everyone who wants to play in a baseball league, must have a uniform. \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t have to match the other players on his team, but he must have a uniform. \u00a0If our trips coincide with the start of a season, we can outfit a whole team with the same uniform. \u00a0This makes them feel very special. \u00a0This also gives us the chance to share the gospel with a whole group at one time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On many of our recent trips, we have been able to take soccer balls with the Gospel message imprinted on them in Spanish. &nbsp;The boys from our disciple group will find the soccer field of a village and start kicking around one of the balls. &nbsp;Other boys seem to come out of the woodwork. &nbsp;Before too long, there are enough to start a game. &nbsp;After the game, we will gather everyone around and share the Gospel. &nbsp;Then as we leave, we leave the Gospel Soccer ball with the local boys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports are a great way to capture the attention of the youth in Nicaragua.<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpingnicaragua.dev.pcc-tech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}