Football Fever!

Its hard to avoid the topic of football at the moment. Whether its the boy wonder Walcott or Wayne Rooney's dodgy foot, World Cup stories have taken the headlines by force.

Anyone who is at all familiar with South America will know that it is a continent which is passionate about football. The picture above is of Peru's national home kit, and while the country is not in the World Cup finals it will be an interesting experience to be in South America during the big games.

But this post is not really about football. Anyone who knows us will know that we're not massive fans! Instead we have a plan for our trip which ties in nicely with the World Cup. During our time in Peru we are hoping to be involved in a variety of activities, but a predominant theme will be children's work. Tomorrow morning I will be launching an appeal in church for any of the children who attend to donate their old football tops for us to take with us on our trip. We're hoping to be able to give these to a number of the children with whom we will be working, and feel that it will forge a nice link between our home church and the churches in Peru. We hope to take pictures of the children who receive shirts so that the children in Northern Ireland who donate can see their old top on a new friend in Peru.

And so...if you have any old football tops (international, national, local or training tops) all contributions would be gratefully received from children who attend our church. Just bring them along on a Sunday morning or Wednesday night, and we'll see that they find a new and loving home!