The XM ChallengeSoccer and Supper – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 Soccer and Supper https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=930 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=930#respond Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:06:40 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/?p=930 Soccer and supper are the language of love to many young people.

Here is Ivanildo coaching soccer on Saturday afternoon, and a group of helpers who never got a hotdog at the Children’s Day event getting a special invite for soup and bread after church last Sunday.

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Ivanildo coaches soccer. Saturday afternoon, October 19, 2013.

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Aline and Bella sit on an old table with some other youth, watching the soccer game.

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Iran is one of the men who looks after our neighborhood. He is there to help in times of crisis, and I have seen him digging more than one burial plot. He is very pastoral. He also was one of the main bricklayers for the house we built. He also has over 50 brothers and sisters.

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Jobel is one of Iran’s sons.

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Everyone loves it when Ivanildo coaches soccer. He is a very respected, nice person.

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The helpers who did not get a hotdog at the Children’s Event came over for soup and bread after church last Sunday. Thais, right beside Emma, is five months pregnant.

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Emma, Bella, and Bruna.

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Deanna and Izak.

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Ivanildo digs into the chicken that was barbequed with Deanna’s Special Sauce.

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Eliel scoops out a big portion of delicious black beans.

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Church leadership couples have lunch together, including Ivanildo and Monica, Eliel and Aline, Paula and Izak.

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