Mexico Tour: Part One

Hello there!

Scott Paschal here... Ministry Director of the International Christian Tennis Association, a Christ-centered, Bible based sports ministry sharing the Good News of Jesus through the sport of tennis.

A quick welcome to our internet visitors today from 114 cities in 44 countries. So great to have you stop by and see the fantastic things God is doing with our sports ministry.

Guess what!?

Our group of wonderful Christian tennis missionaries will be home tomorrow!

So good to have them back.

I've really missed them around here.

These tremendous girls that make up the ICTA Women’s Pro Team have done a tremendous job. Their two week missions tour in Mexico was full of the expected, unexpected twists and turns.

Bible stories exploded into real life right in front of their eyes. There is one God-blessed, life altering story in particular I can't wait to share with you! But, you will have to wait because it will be released on ICTA Video.

These Christian tennis missionaries had an extraordinary experience compared to the average secular tennis academy player for sure!!

From rescuing a 16 year old female player at the tournament in Juarez, Mexico, a former #1 in her country and certain top 100 WTA potential, from her sexually abusive situation with her married tennis coach…

to journeying to San Luis Potosi via airplane, friend, bus, and taxi; and handing out over 290 Christian tracts and 60 New Testament Bibles in Spanish… these gals did an amazing job!

Oh, and by the way, they also played some pro tennis and everyone came back with WTA points! Rachel, with an injured back, even barely lost a close, nail biter of a match to a girl who just recently beat the #6 ITF junior in the world!

Was it all easy and fun!

Nope, not at all!

With God involved you know it's time to be ready to work for Him while being coached, shaped, and developed by Him for His will!

From delayed planes...

to complete flight schedule changes as they kept winning matches...

to rescuing an abused teen player from her abusive married tennis pro...

to Mel unfortunately drinking the water in Juarez causing her to have stomach cramps so bad she couldn’t hardly play...

to ‘Tell being refused entry in Mexico and being deported (hilarious story there!)...

to Rachel playing her heart out even with a back injury...

to a really amazing teen-aged Newgy playing her heart out in a 3 hr match and gaining valuable experience and WTA pointage...

to Mark’s mom, Robin, traveling with everyone and helping everything stay safe and smooth...

to sharing Jesus on the streets in San Luis Potosi...

to safe travel back home…

this has been a successful warmup missions tour to help prepare this amazing ICTA Women's Pro Team for the journies ahead!

Wow! And this really doesn’t even touch on all that happened. I can’t wait to share the pictures with you!

So exciting to see God working in and through the lives of young people! So rare in todays world to see world class athletes giving of themselves for Him. What a fantastic example for other Christian tennis players and coaches around the globe.

I’m really, really proud of these priceless tennis missionaries learning to reflect Christ to the world. God used them in incredible ways.

As this team gels into a stronger and stronger team, I can't hardly imagine what they will accomplish.

They’ve got a couple of days to rest before they start pounding the tennis balls and preparing their supplies for their mission trip next week… this time to Victoria, Mexico!

Please keep them in your prayers!

Scott Paschal