Rooting for your rivals

As a basketball coach and sports fan in general, I appreciate the value and excitement of a good rival. My UNC Tarheels have Duke. My Penn State Nittany Lions have Michigan and Ohio State now. Here at Rift Valley Academy, we have a strong rivalry with another missionary school in nearby Nairobi: Rosslyn Academy.

While our victory over Rosslyn on the basketball court this week was sweet (highlights forthcoming on YouTube), we're glad to have reason to cheer alongside our rivals as well.

A former teacher at Rosslyn was kidnapped in Somalia in October, and various U.S. agencies worked diligently at freeing her. A few days ago, the United States employed the same Navy SEAL team that captured Osama Bin Laden last year to rescue Ms. Buchanan and a male Danish hostage. The rescue was successful, with nine captors as the only casualties.

We're overjoyed to be rooting for Rosslyn in their human victory this week.

Read more of the amazing story here.