Hola everyone! Sorry for the blog hiatus. Over Christmas time I went home to Ometepec for about a month and it has taken me a while since I’ve been back to sit down and write. But I wanted to share a bit of what has been going on. While I was in Mexico I got to help out my family with the Christian youth camp we’ve been running for the past 13 years. It was great to be there and spend time with my family and support the ministry they are doing in Southern Mexico! (Left: Family picture, bottom left: bro Andy tearing up the wheelbarrow race, bottom right: daily camp devotions)
One of the things I thought was really cool was that the two guys on the right (Luis and Jonathan) in the picture on my prayer card (also in my first blog post), came to the camp for the second year in a row. Every year I go back home, I play soccer in the evenings at the local “deportivo.” I met Luis and Jonathan there playing soccer a few years ago, and last year I invited them to come to the camp where we could have more intentional time sharing Jesus and digging into the word. They were very excited about going this second time and have started to grow in their relationships with the Lord. God works in amazing ways. It’s so cool and encouraging to see. I can really feel your prayers!
Back in LA I’m continuing to do a lot of the same things for the Seahorses (after school clinics, amateur team, web development, tour preparation, PDL preparation, etc), although my time is beginning to be split up differently. Right now my focus is primarily on recruiting for the outreach tour I will be leading this summer to Ukraine. It will be a tour for boys ages 15-23 so if you know of anyone who loves Jesus and likes soccer, I would love to talk to them!
I continue to enjoy working with the Amateur soccer team. We are contenders for 1st place thanks to some hard fought victories and rainouts! I wanted to share a quick story about our amateur team. As a Christian soccer team our goal is to obviously be a good testimony on and off the field and show good sportsmanship. We want to go even beyond that and were thinking of ways we could tangibly connect with the players from the other teams. So at the end of each game, win or lose, we bring the other team water and try to chat with them for a bit. One recent game, we forgot to bring water for the other team. Well, the other team walked over to our bench and brought us water! They told us that they remembered that we always brought them water, so they wanted to return the favor. God is humbling sometimes and encouraging (we Are making an impact with other teams!). I will be leading a weekend outreach trip with this team to Rosarito, Mexico next weekend, so please keep us in your prayers.
I started working with the Seahorses one year ago and it’s gone by fast! Looking back at the year I’ve seen how God has stretched me in different areas of my life and I love being a part of this organization. I am looking forward to summer and being a part of the PDL team and the camp staff, as well as leading the Ukraine tour. As always, your prayers are much appreciated. Thank you for a year of partnering with me!
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