Skate Outreach 

Our skate ministry is taking off in a big way here in Coban, Guatemala! We now have six pro-style ramps that we use for outreach and evangelism; thanks to a group of amazing young people who came to Guatemala in August 2009 to help kick-off this ministry. It's a great tool to reach out and build relationships with the local skaters. Our outreach took place at a local school gym and has since then grown and we now rent out our own building. We now hold several skate sessions and one Bible Study each week. We also sponsor a "Best Trick Contest" every summer and a mission team from the states will join in our efforts. If you would like to join our next Skate / Evangelism team, send us an email.

Video description by Steven Rice Jr:

Since our skateboard ramps are still fairly new and they are no skate parks around, a lot of the local skaters are still learning how to skate the ramps. This clip shows that in a rather humorous way. The term “drop in” means that they start at the top of the quarter pipe and drop off the top. The majority of them did get the hang of it off camera, but I thought you all might like to see this part of the learning process.