The World Cup's Ugly Side

Avery true and piece of awareness. 

Human trafficking is always an issue, but grows even more prevalent at worldwide events like soccer's biggest stage.

As the World Cup heats up in South Africa, new sporting controversies and legends are sure to grab our attention, as they have in years past. Devotees are sure to remember, for example, the exploits of Argentinean attacker Diego Maradona in the 1986 games. In addition to scoring what is remembered as “the goal of the century” in the quarter-finals match, Maradona had snapped what appeared to be a miraculous header past the outstretched goalkeeper. Dubbed the “Hand of God” goal after the match, Maradona later revealed that it had been a flick of his own hand—concealed by a quick head fake to evade detection—that illegally propelled the goal into the net.

But as we turn to this year’s Cup (starting tomorrow), there is a far more serious form of illegal movement than a footballer’s (or soccer player's) cunning play that demands our attention: human trafficking, a global phenomenon powered by coercion and deception, which may increase around major sporting events and other times of increased transnational movement.

"See I am doing a new thing"

This year was amazing and to finish it off for december i believe the Youth Camp was pinnacle in making the year what it was. It was great to see our friends from Adelaide and have the ability to build the blocks for a strong relationship. Friendship and unity was core to this camp and i thank everyone that contributed to it especially Alex the camp co-ordinator @ Hosanna, Brisbane youth for being so crazy and adventurous and last but not least Adelaides HUGE effort to come all the way to Brisbane to make this memorable.

The thing that struck me the most was the presence of the almighty himself. I had been to big conferences and rally's were big name evangelist came to and you can feel the weight of God, and yet even among us young people with no bible college degrees or anything of the sort i felt his mighty presence more powerfully than i have in a long time.

The need for relevance

It has been a while since i last blogged but Lord help me i am back and stronger than ever.
It's hard for me to write usually what i am felling, i have never been a good writer of my thoughts per say. But i have learnt that i need to be able to communicate my feelings better on 'paper' (i know duh im typing but you get what i mean) because it is like therapy for my soul when i get it right.

Relevance. A tough, difficult and scary word. What does it really mean to relevant? In times of constant changes and evolving cultures it can seem that change and being relevant go hand in hand. And if you are not relevant than you are its complete opposite... you are irrelevant.

Photos from the Youth Camp 2008

Better late than never. More pics will come later.

Coca cola Rally 2008

Alright ladies and gents,

Start your engines as we begin the first coke rally for 2008 (most likely the last!). for those of you that played in the last rally its pretty simple follow the clues and see which team gets to all the locations first and finish the last challenge! The only difference here is that coke is involved and must be drunk at each location.

Also its good to note that teams will be given 10 minutess to work the mystery destinations and a map. So you don't have to go to each location in sequence and you can work out the fastest route for your team. Which route is the fastest... i guess we will find out on the day. So its at 6.30pm my house is the starting location. Good luck and good racing!

PS. Dont forget your $5