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DANTE'S TESTIMONY

Dante's testimony is so dramatic and requires so much explanation, it is best described in a feature story done in 2004 in the
Vancouver Sun newspaper. 
Click here to read it in detail.
 

Dante (second from left) with Deion Sanders on the day of Deion's first sermon.  Columbus, Ohio

THE TEAM JAM CONNECTION

In the early years of the TEAM JAM ministry, we weren't much more than a couple of middle school and high school AAU basketball teams . . . with a very limited schedule.  One of the middle school players, Kyle Mraz, played on another AAU team that included Dante.  

Kyle's grandfather, Sam Serves, was raving about the physical appearance and abilities of Dante and insisted that John Saucier  meet him.  The meeting was arranged at Hyre middle school and it was in the spring of Dante's eighth grade year.

Things weren't going very well for Dante or at home. There was a lot of adversity that he was fighting through . . . and that is putting it mildly.  His grades were affected and everyone concerned arranged a deal for Dante's benefit . . . and ours.

John met with Dante a couple of times a week to tutor him and help him raise his grades enough to pass.  Sam provided the motivation.  If he passed all his classes, Sam would take him immediately to the nearest sports store and buy him the best basketball shoes on the market.

Dante did remarkably well during that last six week grading period.  Sam, in turn,  was true to his word, taking him into the store and over to the shoe rack where Dante pointed to the top shelf at the top of the line "Jordan's"  and said . . . 

"I want those."

They've been a team ever since. That journey has taken them through three high schools, three junior colleges, and eventually to Auburn U. and professional football.  But along the way also came a decision to trust Christ as His Savior, a decision to surrender fully to making Christ the Lord of his life and being an example to young people from Maryland, to Ohio, to Alabama and now in Vancouver, Canada..   

God has just begun to unveil the work that He has miraculously done in this young man's life on the athletic world and the viewing community.  Join with us in praying for Dante and his efforts to stay committed to his work as a "missionary" of sorts to the professional football community.

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Tackling Heisman Trophy Winner Carson Palmer in the backfield