Game Summary
The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Outreach (12/21/2021)
Today’s outreach, at Albertsons Stadium, marked our 6th Sports Fan Outreach International (SFOI) football outreach of the 2021 season at Albertsons Stadium. My partner Mike Burns and I were very thankful for the 1:30om kick-off for today’s Potato Bowl game featuring the Wyoming Cowboys and the Kent State Golden Flashes. With the exception of one game this year, all of our previous games this season, were 7pm kickoffs. Because this was a daytime game, we were blessed with fairly pleasant December temps in the 40’s, with mostly clear skies and no wind.
Many of the spectators appeared to have been bused to the stadium today as we kept encountering bus-sized groups of fans. We were able to team up to handle these crowd bursts with primarily Christmas million dollar bill (MDB) tracts. We estimated that nearly 90% accepted the of the over 1K MDB’s we were blessed to deliver— that’s a fantastic acceptance rate!
It was about 45 minutes before kickoff that we noticed that a substantial crowd had accumulated around the “C” ticket gate. That large group of fans allowed us to be able to do a bit of open-air preaching. Mike and I began by singing our a cappella rendition of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”. From there, I transitioned to reading the account of our Savior’s birth from Luke 1:39-56; Luke 2:1-20. I concluded by open-air preaching the gospel. Mike also open-aired the gospel to wrap today’s outreach. We both enjoyed a series of short gospel conversations throughout the outreach.
Wyoming ultimately prevailed this afternoon with a 52-38 win over Kent State. There were over 10K in attendance at today’s bowl game.
Please pray for those who heard the gospel and/or received tracts. May the Holy Spirit give no rest or peace until these divine appointments humbly repent and trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior!
“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord . . . Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
— Luke 2:11,14
All glory to God… Yay Jesus
Check out my Brother Mike Burns as he open-aired the “reason for the season” at today’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Albertsons Stadium! We also sang an a cappella rendition of “O Come, All Ye Faithful”
Yay Jesus
