Kenya | No Longer Disqualified to Follow Jesus
Lydiah was a gifted soccer player but lacked confidence because she’d never had anyone pour into her and build her up. Then she heard about a Novo InnerCHANGE program for sports coaches called Deep Coaching, which was a discipleship program. Lydiah longed to follow God but didn’t fit into the church structures in Kenya, so she felt disqualified. Through Deep Coaching she learned that she could have a real relationship with God just as she was—a soccer player.
Lydiah learned leadership and coaching skills, in addition to ministry tools like Discovery Bible Study (DBS) and activating prayer. She began praying for her neighborhood, a very marginalized community in Nairobi. God began to open ministry doors—a food and scripture distribution project, gathering up to 70 kids around a meal and DBS twice a month, and a new sports team for young women—jump rope—which was far less expensive and more accessible in this poor community than soccer. Lydiah has joined the Novo team and has become confident in her calling and skills as a missionary to her community. She’s investing in children, parents, and young women in order to make disciples, and is praying for a gospel movement.
