Thousands of new leaders to be trained; thousands of World Cup style evangelistic soccer camps & tournaments & thousands of World Cup Watch Parties across the globe. Your prayers and financial support make this possible. As always, I say thank you, Dave, for Surge and our global partners. ❖ Just this month: From our base in Liberia Darius recently meet with over 30 other ministry leaders from 15 African countries to continue ongoing plans to train up 10,000 new sports ministry leaders each year; and Amos and Darius are each …

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Dear Friends,“Lord willing,” we will kickoff our 35th Anniversary as Surge International with my trip to Liberia in March. At this point no large events are planned to celebrate; but when we serve others, it is like a party everyday! The 3 days of travel, overnight in DC and 6 airports again are not exactly a part of the party. Lol…your likes, comments, prayers and donations keep us encouraged to do our part! Thank you! I am so blessed that fellow coach Mike Russ will be joining me again! Read …

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Surge Soccer welcomes Aubrey Coultas as our new Development Director. She graduated from Colorado College in 2005 with a B.A. in Creative Writing, and moved into the Human Resources field shortly after graduation. She played volleyball for CC, and then club volleyball post graduation, as well as coaching 16s and 17s. Sports have always been a big part of her life, and she loves to write. She lives in Castle Rock with her husband, two children, and a dog named Hercules.

Liberia: This month we launched a virtual new program to tackle a horrific lingering problem in Liberia. Twenty-four Liberians, double the amount expected, joined Roy and Roberta Reed and key trauma experts from Liberia and the USA for our first training. “According to studies conducted by organizations like the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 40% of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and other mental health conditions. These disorders have taken root deeply in the national consciousness, affecting people’s ability to heal, rebuild, and move forward.” — Sistershospitallers.org Your prayers …

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We present our compliments and we appreciate God for the wonderful time spent together as afamily as we worship God in the beauty of holiness. On behalf of the entire Surge Liberia team, we appreciate the continued support from SurgeInternational Board and all those who are helping to make our work in Liberia a success thatGod’s kingdom will be glorified. We are very excited to share with you the successful graduation of Lovetee and Lucinta, whograduated with an AA degree respectively in Business Administration and Public Health.We look forward to …

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“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Dear Friends, Over forty years ago the Lord connected Al Lotz, Jon Ortlip, and me through our love for Jesus and love for soccer—to pioneer a new form of …

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Dear Friends,The new font I’m using for our theme verse is Dreaming Outloud. At Surge International we dream silently, we dream out loud, we pray silently, we pray out loud – that we could connect with people through soccer so that we can meet their needs in Jesus’ name. One of my recent dreams didn’t come true – I didn’t go to Liberia on January 27th with Al Lotz and David Welk. I woke up the night before my flights at a hotel by the Portland airport with a whooshing …

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In this fatherless generation, we are sensitive to the deep wounds and scars a lot of children are suffering from…Sports plays a pivotal role in restoring hope and happiness in the hearts of children. 2025 will be massive, as we will be in every street corner, sports park, school, and gymnasium with our Learning for Life Program. (L4L). – Darius Barolle, Surge Soccer Liberia Please see the letter below for more INFO and great photos of my two travel partners! sharing hope through soccer, Dave IrbyUS Soccer ‘A’ License

Dear Friends, We are approaching the most important month for us financially as December is the month when we make up deficits and usually have a small financial cushion as we enter the new year. For the first time we have received a Christmas Year End Match Grant of $15,000.  Every dollar we raise up to that amount by December 31th will be matched. At the same time we received news that one of our largest monthly donors may have to suspend their donation due to severe health issues and the costs …

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