GCH Soccer Team

Like many of your kids, ours wanted to be in after-school sports. However, the thought transporting 31 kids to different practices at different schools was overwhelming... not to mention the costs. So, we decided to do it the way we usually do things at GCH... we made our own team.

Then, we started knocking on doors to see who would play against us (asking the private schools, since public schools don't have sports teams). Before we knew it, we had donated uniforms, donated fields and teams waiting to compete against us. Not only that, but within our volunteer staff, we have 3 commited coaches -- Juan Strutton and Marco and Edgar Andrade.

Last Saturday was our first scheduled game. You could feel the excitment grow every day since we found out we'd be playing. By the time Saturday morning rolled around, it was palpable. The boys were up and dressed in their uniforms at 5:00am! (They didn't need to be ready until 11:30am).

It turned out that the other team didn't materialize, but for an hour our GCH team got to play on a beautiful court for FREE. We had a blast, faces were red from running so much, and we will not soon forget the day. Don't they look great in the photo?

As I stood watching the game, I realized how ABUNDANTLY blessed we are! Most children in Mexico wouldn't have the opportunity that we had last Saturday (and all the future Saturday games we'll have).

At the end of the game, we all prayed and thanked God for the blessed, joyous time we had.