Canadian Conversion on "Super Sunday"

Many of you know that yesterday was a national "holiday" in the USA. In fact, there were a couple of reasons to call it "Super Sunday". For starters, the preaching went really well and the Lord blessed us all with His Word. Part of my calling as a missionary is to teach the Bible, and so any time I have that chance, it is a wonderful experience (whether in Africa or North America). I've had the chance to preach a few times using Arabic in Sudan and have really enjoyed it.

Of course, the Super Bowl was a great game as well. I knew at the end of the first half that the Cardinals would be haunted by that interception return touchdown. I just didn't know they had that much fight in them to come back the way they did.

Preaching wasn't the only ministry happening though! Ok, I tread close to the shoreline of heresy here. But I believe I witnessed a true conversion throughout the last few weeks. As the NFL playoffs went on, my Canadian wife slowly turned from "reading a book during the game" to "sweaty palms enthusiastic fan". She went from "those big guys just fall on each other" to "throw the ball deep to Fitzgerald!"

It was her first Super Bowl... her first Super Bowl party... her first "gut ache" from pulling for the underdog that almost won such a well-fought battle. Or was that the "nachos-brownies-cheese puffs-Dr. Pepper" combo?

At the end of the night, she was converted... fully... passionately... and irrevocably to NFL fanship. It was a Canadian Conversion of monumental proportions. Next we'll work on NASCAR!!