On June 10th the AIA Basketball team will meet in Xenia, OH to prepare for our 2 week missions trip to Moldova. Moldova is inbetween Romania and Ukraine and was a part of the USSR. Our team to Moldova will be coached by the Grove City College head Coach Steve Lamie and will consist of 9 collegiate level players. Our team is being welcomed by the Moldova Basketball Federation and may have an opportunity to play the Moldova National team. Regardless we will play 8 games against local club teams and run a sports camp that will provide a week of excitement for 400 plus youth.
The AIA story in Moldova indirectly began in 1967 with the first ever AIA basketball team. Tom Schoeneck, now a pastor, was on that team. He taught at a Bible Seminary in Moldova in 1999 and met Nick who launched AIA ministry. Out of 75 countries in which AIA has a ministry presence, Moldova has become the fourth largest in just a few years of existence.
View our video of the impact of the AIA Basketball in Moldova:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmeHH16-H_o