ICTA Missions is about to get into full swing.The International Christian Tennis Association has three main types of mission trips.
1. Large scale, short term mission trips to world famous professional tennis tournaments where ICTA leases a vendor booth for the entire duration of the event and reaches tens of thousands, and sometimes hundreds of thousands, of people.
2. ICTA Pro Tennis Team mission trips to ITF pro tournament where ICTA missionaries compete in the events while building relationships with the players, coaches, umpires, volunteers, and tournament staff.
3. ICTA Junior Tennis Team mission trips where ICTA junior academy students learn to share their faith by passing out tracks at their tournaments.
For 2007, ICTA will:
1. ICTA Global Missions will seek to attend 12 WTA or ATP tournaments; including a Grand Slam, several International Series, and two to three Masters-Series.
In total, the International Christian Tennis Association will seek to reach well over 1,400,000 attendees, give out tens of thousands of Bibles, Christian books, tracks, DVDs & CDs, ICTA Tshirts, and other ICTA product... and gain tens of thousands of new ICTA members from countries worldwide.
We will also plan to travel to Wimbledon on an exploratory mission trips designed to lay a foundation for a yearly tennis tour with the Scott Paschal Tennis Tour Co., and prepare the groundwork for a yearly ICTA Mission Trip, Tennis Camp, and ICTA Tennis Show.
2. ICTA Pro Tennis Teams will seek to attend and compete in 25 ITF & WTA Pro Tournaments worldwide while sharing the Gospel with those they meet, speaking in churches, and building lasting relationships with players on tour.
3. ICTA Junior Tennis Teams will compete in tournaments throughout Florida while learning to share their faith to those they meet.
For me, I love mission trips. There is nothing more fulfilling than knowing I am being obedient to the Great Commission as commanded by Jesus in Mathew 28... if you've never heard of the Great Commission, check this out--->
"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.' "
Don't you just love Jesus!? Isn't it great having a reason to live! I really can't imagine what life would be like without the hope I have through my faith in Christ. That thought drives me to share my faith with others as much as I can.
Before I sign off, I'd like to ask you to keep our own Rachel Snelen in your prayers as she leads a mission trips to Canada this weekend to a $50,000 ITF tournament. And please keep her twin Melody Snelen in your prayers as she leads a mission trip to a junior tennis tournament in Florida this weekend.
Melody Snelen will also lead a mission trip to a Wild Card tournament for an ITF $25,000 tournament beginning the following Monday... and a 3rd Mission Trips to a $25,000 in Florida the following weekend.
Thank you for your prayers, emails, phone calls, and ecards of support. I can't say enough how appreciated each of our friends are to us.
God bless you,
Scott Paschal
www.christiantennis.net
386 793 0557
PS. The cute gal with me is our academy dog, Bearby! She's been sitting in my lap each morning for nearly 4 years, since she was a puppy, as I study and/or write. Bearby often goes on mission trips with us.
