One of ”The Five Things God Uses to Grow Your Faith” is personal ministry.  We should all be involved personally in what God is doing to move His Kingdom forward.  A great example of this is Haley and Jason Bilotti.  Haley and Jason are married community group leaders at Buckhead Church and have two children.  Jason is an Operator of two Chick-fil-A restaurants in Atlanta.  Several years ago, Jason told me about a mission trip he went on to Africa.  Little did he know how God would use that trip to stir his heart for the children he saw. Since that first trip to Niger, Jason and Haley have been watching an incredible story unfold.  We thought you would be encouraged to hear directly from Jason, and learn how you can help this story take another step forward: 

“I went on a Missions trip to Niger, Africa back in November 2006, and it changed my life.  Niger is the poorest country in the world and 94% Muslim.  I just felt God calling me to do something, to get involved.  The kids are the future of that country, so we felt lead to build Christian schools, as the passing rate for kids in Niger is less than 18%, and this future generation needs to be educated if they are going to lead their country out of poverty.  So we returned and decided to do whatever we could to help raise money to help build these schools. We held our first Charity Dodgeball tournament in April 2008, and raised over $34,000 to build schools in Niger.  We had over 130 teams play, and the cool thing about Dodgeball is that anyone can play, everyone has played at some point in their life, and no one else was doing it.  We are raising money through Dodgeball to help lead a nation to Christ.  It is amazing how God shows up when you answer his call.” -Jason Bilotti

If you would like to be a part of a fun event as well as help the children in Niger at the same time, go to www.cfabdodgeballatlanta.com to learn more about this year’s Chick-fil-a’s Charity Dodgeball tournament on May 9!

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