Universals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sgIKfVMoP8
If you click on the link above, you will find video of Silver Spring youth playing soccer with Haitians from the neighborhood. We walked to the field--yes, that is the local soccer field--down a street with folks watching a World Cup game.
Amazing to think about the international reach of soccer. All around the world, people are watching these World Cup matches. Indeed, they might be less popular in the US than they are anywhere else in the world. And go almost anywhere, even to this remote part of Haiti, and you find people who are passionate soccer players. It's kind of like soccer draws all kinds of people together all around the world.
Surely, it's provided a connection here for our group. The teams were mixed--our kids with Haitians. And the play was intense. But at the end of the games, there was a good feeling of friendship. And these games became quite popular in the neighborhood.
Beyond soccer, of course, there is the universality of our faith in Christ. Today, I had the chance to speak with a Haitian pastor. And even though we struggled with language, we could connect at a deeper, more profound level.
God has made us all. And while we specialize in recognizing our differences, God knows us as one human family. At moments, we can catch a glimpse of that too.
