Contact
Kock & Rianne de Vires
Secretaris Varkevisserstraat 321
2225 LD Katwijk aan Zee
[p] 31-71-4077611
kock@christiansurfers.nl
www.christiansurfers.nl
Groundswell 2010 Report
by Rianne de Vries
Since a part of the team have returned from the International Conference in South Africa 08 Christian Surfers Holland stepped into a new level. Christian Surfers became a legal entity (yeah!), so we are official now. We already worked with the Holland Surf Association on a small scale. However, our activities at the national contests organised by the HSA have expanded. Christian Surfers Holland is present at every national contest organised by these guys and helping them out any way we can. We provide beach marshals, help with preparing sandwiches and one of our team members is judging.
In Spring 2009 we were given an amazing opportunity to serve these guys during their contest in Moliets, France. About 300 young Dutch surfers head up to Moliets for a week partying and to watch the surf contest. Even though it was pretty short day, the Scheveningen crew was tremendously blessed in their preparations for the contest and were provided with water they could hand out, t-shirts from the main sponsor of the contest (with CS logo!!) and a bunch of very enthusiastic people. They were joined by a few guys from Katwijk and were able to serve the surfers, talk to people about the amazing love of Jesus, hand out Bibles and pray with some of the guys. This made a huge impact on the HSA crew and the surf community and we really feel that God blesses these activities. Through these contests Christian Surfers Holland is becoming more known to the Dutch surfers and we hope and pray that this will bring more surfers to Christ. For He alone is the Way to the Lord.
It is extremely encouraging to see (young) groms getting enthusiastic for Christ and showing up at the Bible studies every fortnight no matter what their peers say or think about them. For He is almighty! He is the Lord! He is God.
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