Well there back in town. Sport 4 Life, the Swedish equivalent of Fellowship Christian Athletes in the States, and its staff and founding missionary Paul Kobylarz are back in Louisville. Paul, and his director Uwe Lundgren, are back with several staff, guests and pastors to play on the annual Southeast Christian Men's Golf Trip. Yesterday we had a beautiful day for their annual golf scramble fundraiser at Nevel Meade Golf Course.
Paul, and Sport 4 Life, has a pretty neat story in regards to the founding around 17 years ago. Paul is from Detroit and played college hockey at Michigan. He played for a few years in the NHL and then went on a mission trip to Sweden. He never came back! Let me repeat that. He never came back! Wow, to me that is such a tremendous sacrifice to leave your own country at such a young age. I have been on a mission trip to one of Paul's golf camps in central Sweden in a town called Mulssjo near Jonkoping ( pronounced yern-sherp-ing). It is great to see how God is using Paul, Sport 4 Life, local churches and pastors to minister to a country where 97% don't know the Lord. Christianity is viewed more as a sect or cult than anything else. Well Paul and Sport 4 Life are changing this country one camp at a time. Paul also has a consultancy program with local churches and the neatest thing they do is probably their chaplaincy program. Paul was the official chaplain for the last Winter Olympics and is supposed to be slated to have the role again.
If your interested in making a trip to Sweden one day or helping fund this ministry contact me via the comments below or email me at bryce@simplifiedsolutionsllc.om
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