Beauty of Kansas Surrounded Me

Going home was a blast! I was able to see friends, family and spend lots of time with my nephew HUCK! When I got back Scott and I did a lot of counseling with friends we respected. In this counseling we made some major decisions for our future. Because we are not so young anymore we know time is passing for us to make good solid decisions for our family. I was feeling uneasy with our decision to stay in Guatemala but didn't know why. As time passed the feeling became even more of my heart changing from wanting to be in charge of a sports program. My heart became so filled with just wanting to be with Scott and take care of his needs. When I came home we talked about our hearts desire to work together in Missions. But also our hearts focus to stay in God's Will for us who has our best interest in mind. We ultimately decided to stay in the States and build our first year of marriage where Scott can lead our marriage and I can be in a supportive role. We would like to look into to working overseas again together but because we want to start our marriage off on a solid foundation we have chosen to live in his house and be surrounded by a supportive church family. We are hoping to continue Scott's work on the missions board but as a couple. Also, help with sending teams overseas. God is so good to help us come to a peace in our decision. Now, it's telling people I work with how much I will be missing them. The goal now is to spend these next few months working on a plan for the sports program here in Guatemala. I would hate for it to stop after I leave. We are working on sending money to help provide a better salary for our PE teacher and continue to send supplies their way. Please pray for this transition. Scott and I are getting married Nov. 2 in Jamaica. I am so excited.

Heading Home Soon

God is so good and knows when we have had enough and need a break. I have another vacation coming up July 20th and I am so looking forward to being home. 7 months of bug biting, no showers, raining nonstop slop can take it's toll on a person. When I go home, I have the pleasure of meeting my mother's new husband, see my brother's movie with a lot of family and spend time with friends who have been a huge support to me. Oh and I get to see my nephews and nieces too. But on this trip I have several things to get accomplished; I need to move all of my things out of my mom's house, see if I can get my phone fixed, plan a wedding with Scott and my friends, make major decisions for Scott and I's future, play with my nephew Huck, try and find some type of medication to help my memory, play with my nephew Huck :), go to a birthday party, have a birthday party for Scott, and so much more. I don't mind doing any of those things either because I know I will be spending time with Scott and that's all that really matters most of all. Thanks God, for my boss allowing me not to have to come back as early as others and for giving me time with my family when I really need it. Please pray for safe travel as I will be flying stand by and you never know what flight you are going to catch when. I am praying all goes well, God is so preparing things for my safety already. What a wonderful friend we have in Jesus.... Victory in Jesus.... wow those old hymns really stick with you... thanks WBC. So excited!!!!!!

We tried a new approach to volleyball leagues this summer. I thought since vacations, exams, and the end of the year it would be best to do an all day Volleyball Tournament. It actually went very well. I was so happy to see eight teams sign up and we had a great day full of fun. It was exciting to see the teams work together. Four of my high school kids made it all the way back through the losers bracket and played in the championship game. I was so glad to see them working together and playing so well. It was pretty awesome to have everyone officiating when they weren't playing to help with allowing me to play. We only had a few problems but with a few discussions we worked them out. The tournament started at 9:00 a.m. but actually by the time all the teams showed up it was 10:20 but it was around 3:00 everyone started getting tired. Luckily, God helped me prepare for this and my Sports club kids had filled up 300 water balloons the day before to start a water fight. It was perfect timing because everyone was hot and didn't mind getting wet. We all had a blast. There were only about 15 minutes of rain that day and this helped so much to have a successful day of fun. What a great time!!! Many of us were incredibly sore the next day but that's what goes with playing a sport you love all day.

Basketball League has finally been completed and I can actually say it was a success in many parents eyes. I enjoyed watching my coaches work with the little kids. They were so fun to see them give advice and encourage their little players. Little Edgar Manuel won the MVP player for his league 5-7 year olds, even though there were many kids who showed major improvement. Jose Gonzales won MVP for his league 8-10 year olds and he proved to have the most skill of anyone out there, even showing fancy moves of passing behind his back. He was so cute to watch.
The adult league at least ended on a positive note. I was happy to see the relationships built. Our team came in 3rd and we were happy to do so well. My team got very close and it seemed we all were enjoying the time together. The men's league ended with a great game which came down to three point lead. It was very exciting and we presented t-shirts to the winners. They were very excited to receive t-shirts and a trophy. I was apologized to several times after the game of their character throughout the tournament. It was a good feeling to see how God worked it out. God's purpose is much higher then our own. I learned a lot and feel God is doing mighty things through Sports here. God is so good.

Vacation in Belize

Let me just say it was a crazy, fun, tiring, overwhelming, relaxing, adventurous, inviting, challenging, breath taking, hot, refreshing, annoying (bugs), and amazing time I have ever had traveling in Guatemala.
Our trip to the port to catch our boat was air conditioned and very relaxing. I was amazed at how quick the time went by. But then we met a man on the shore who invited us to ride with him on his boat so we did. I jokingly mentioned if he had a number on the back of his boat, in case he was a terrible driver. We all laughed and he mentioned his number was on the ticket we received. Taking off we noticed it was a little rocky and the waves were coming over the boat pretty consistently. The boat was packed with luggage in the front and an old fashioned type writer (just waiting to lift off in my face). After fifteen minutes of hitting waves going 45 miles an hour we weren't laughing anymore. The waves started getting bigger and bigger. As we approached the midpoint of our ride we were climbing nine feet waves and slamming down on the water. Our bench we were holding onto broke. The screws had come out of their sockets and the next thing we know the boat is falling apart all around us. We were both so terrified we knew nothing else but to laugh our heads off as we hit. A lady right behind us shouted Son-of-------- and we both looked at each other and agreed. One little old black lady in the back was just completely drenched in salt water and sitting there dazed with her shawl on. It was an awful ride and yet we somehow survived with only bruised tail bones and achy muscles. I looked at Marika and asked if she still had her ticket to call his company. We both laughed.
We stayed with a New Yorker/Hippie named Tricia. She had owned a few jazz clubs in her younger days and now at 52 she wanted to retire on the beaches of Hopkins in central Belize. She had story after story of all the times she spent traveling and marrying men as she went on her adventures to find love. Truly, I believe she is still searching for a love that won't fade or get boring. She was one lady who needed lots of love and gave it generously. I enjoyed sitting and listening to her tell about her adventures. The longer we stayed the more stories we heard of her getting taken advantage of by everyone. It started to get a little depressing and you wanted to take her home with you in your suit case.
Marika is my friend here at Inn Ministries, who went with me on this adventure and she is always full of good times. We had plenty of interesting moments of strange characters and wild stories. I felt like we were captured by a pirate ship and meet others who had been there too. It was quite a combination of laying out, eating amazing sea food and getting caught in a conversation you wished you really weren't apart of after listening to a 15 year old talk about all the drugs his "friends at school do" while his dad ties his own shirt in knots around his body because he is completely wasted on Rum.
We enjoyed our time with the kids in the village and it was a very poor village. These beautiful people did nothing but sit in front of their homes and talk. They lived off the land and basically did drugs. Not too safe of a town after leaving it. We left Hopkins and decided to head to Livingston. I was thankful we did because the night before we left Tricia's neighbors had a fight and the woman kept yelling "Your a liar and a liar and a liar Jasper!" over and over again. I slept about five minutes that night. When we got to Livingston, we were immediately greeted by this street guy named Alejandro. He talked with us for awhile and asked us if we wanted to find a good hotel. We were like yeah thanks.... then he proceeded to tell us he needed to get his wife. We were like oh... that's cool he has a wife. He pulls up on his bike and we realize he was talking about his bike. Very nice! So needless to say we found him pretty funny and he was helping us a ton because he was dirt poor and wanted something to eat. Later we fed him but he got a little annoying and we had to tell him goodbye after showing us a dance club on the beach. It just wasn't a dance night. Once we got back to our room we noticed all these ants on my bed. I was pretty grossed out but was willing to sleep with them. After five minutes of sitting on our beds we noticed Marika had big brown bugs all over her bed post. Well that was enough for us and when they started flying we had to wake up the Hotel operator and get a different room. It was a crazy night but we laughed and laughed about our crazy times. After receiving fifty bug bites on each foot and ten on each arm we were ready to head back to the mountains of San Cristobal. The sand flies in those areas at this time of year were unbelievable. It was so terrible we had to go to a pharmacy and get some cream to stop the itching. Our road trip back was hot because we rode in a luxury bus that was not so luxurious anymore without air conditioning. We left on buses at 11:00 and arrived at 8:00 that night. What a day! I was thankful to see the beautiful Sea but I was more excited to move into my new home. Vacations are wonderful but everyday life is sometimes more relaxing. :) I am thankful for prayers because it kept us safe traveling through some of those towns.

He Had To See About a Girl - Surprise!

There wasn't much different about this groups coming beside I knew five people on the team and they were from my church. When they arrived I was asked to help welcome them as they got off the vans. I immediately ran up to Karen and gave her a big hug. It was so great to see her and she said Scott is going to love your hair. As I am talking to some of the group they start unloading the vans (Scott was hiding in one of the vans for about five minutes). Juan Jo who is quiet a character, was acting surprisingly happy and giving me a hard time. I turn around and there in front of me was Scott. I grab him tight and we hugged for a few minutes. I asked him why he was here? I was so shocked. As he pushed me away, to get far enough to put one knee down, he asked me to marry him. I screamed "Yes, of course!" I turned to a group of strangers and friends, Can I kiss him? the crowd screamed .... Yes!!! So we did. It was so special and I had no idea he was coming. It's very hard to keep a secret from me and this time he succeeded when it really counted. We had talked the night before and he told me he was going to one of our friends weddings but instead he flew from Wichita to Guatemala and spent two days with me. I am overwhelmed with joy and excitement for someone to care so much about me. We spent all day talking and enjoying each other. It was great. Then he helped me out with my basketball league. It was very enjoyable. I will never forget June 16th as a date when my love had to see about me even if it meant a short few days to accomplish receiving my hand in marriage.

Friendships

So Juanita had a birthday and it's been exciting to see just how many people adore her at the school. I just think she is great. We haven't had a lot of time to hang out but I am hoping with a new house to live in by myself, I can finally invite people over and not feel bad about intruding. Everyone keeps asking me. You are going ot live in that big house all by yourself. I was like.. ah yeah. I move in Monday and I am a little nervous. I am getting anxious for my trip home in July 20-29th. I will be celebrating Scott's birthday on the 28th with him and that makes me really happy.

Today we have had a great time with basketball but very few kids are coming to soccer. So we decided to make soccer for the older girls and see if they will show up if I coach it. I am excited about coaching since that is what I like to do anyway. Pray we have enough girls interested in soccer and who are wanting to come in the older age group. They seem extremely excited to have me coaching again.

Our friends from Central Christian are coming down and it's going to be great to see them. Darren and Karen are Scott and I's very good friends. They are coming to build more classrooms with about 16 other people. It's exciting to have them here and see how much has changed. God is so good. Please pray for their safe travel and for their time here to be well spent.

Our Blessing of a House

As Scott and I were talking about getting a house for us to stay in, I just didn't feel comfortable looking for a house without him. I told him I would prefer if he could help me because I just feel it's going to be our house. I was also overwhelmed with the cost of buying so many things for our house to live there. When the Lewis's left earlier then expected the principle and his family moved into the Lewis's house already furnished. This got me thinking when I saw the Mota's house empty but furnished. We talked about perhaps Scott and I renting it when we return in Jan. They agreed but were still planning on renting it for a few months before we moved in. I then asked them after talking with Scott that maybe I could move in earlier (as in next week). I love the Mota family. Their kids are involved in the Sports Club and their mother taught me Spanish when I first got here. I feel like this is a way I can bless them (with paying them rent right away) and also for me to prepare for Scott and I to know how our expenses will land for next year. PTL for such a blessing of a furnished home, people we know and trust, on campus and a lot of space to invite people to stay with us. Pray for Scott and I as we prepare to answer some tough questions about raising funds for next year and who to ask to help. I am so thankful for such a supportive family and on Scott's end too! They have been so helpful and encouraging in our quest to start our life together.

Basketball

We started this month with Basketball for the Sports Club Kids. We decided to have the boys and girls together as we will be losing coaches towards the end of the season. Having both the girl and guy coaches together will help with the transition when we come to it. So far it's worked out pretty well. Jonathan and Morgan are our Head Coaches and Billy and Kiera are the assistants. It's been exciting to see them working together during this time. I am proud of their hard work and how the kids look up to them. We have had five girls and seven boys at our last practice. They played against each other and I was very proud of the girls efforts.

Relief has come!

Relief for me started today when it has rained most of the day. It clearly is the start of rainy season. Which means water and showers. I am very thankful for this time. Another relief came today when Prof. Salo said he was returning to teach PE classes. I have enjoyed teaching PE but seven classes definitely added to my load. We also found out today that Scott and I might have a house to live in when we get back here already furnished. The Mota Family moved into the Lewis's and their house is empty for a year. It's exciting to think we can live there for awhile and see what house would work best for us after we have lived here for awhile. Please be praying as we look into moving into their house in Jan. We also might have another option with staying where the West lived. Please pray as well give this decision up to God. He is good to give us answers when we wait patiently for them.
This picture is a me sitting with some of my sports club kids at an amusement park. The one next to me is Tuti and she has a very special place in my heart. She is one of the girls who lives in the house Scott and I might be staying in come Jan.

Struggling with Ministering Cross-Culturally

I have been reading this book recently which has challenged me in my thinking. It's been difficult to have so many changes and goals not being accomplished as soon as I would like them to be. I am realizing my task oriented American ways have caused me to be less people oriented. I am realizing Jesus had a task at hand but he always cared for the peoples needs first.
"if we desire to be obedient to Jesus' command to carry the good news of his resurrection to the world, we must be willing to become 150 percent persons. WE must accept the value priorities of others. We must learn the different definitions and rules of the context in which they live. We must adopt their patterns and procedures for working, playing, and worshiping. We must become incarnated in their culture and make them our family and friends.

PE Classes

I am having a good time with teaching PE. Even though it has it's challenges. I am a lot more strict then the other PE teacher. I have rules and don't let the kids just run around crazy. I teach two classes at a time. So I usually have around 25 to 30 kids per class period. I am doing soccer with the older kids and basketball with the junior high and high school kids. The kinder-2nd graders are my hardest group because someone always gets hurt. Someone is always telling on another kid and half the time, I have no idea what they are telling on. So I say it's going to be okay or so and so stop being bad and play nice. So far it's been nice to be outside all morning. I like the fresh air and not having to be in the classroom. Watching kids play is so enjoyable and helping them learn to play together is awesome when they realize it can be fun. Thanks for your prayers and please continue to pray as each day there are different stories and extremely challenging kids who like to sit and not participate.
Ministry at the INN is having lots of changes recently. We are experiencing many people making changes and leaving for different reasons. Two families are leaving; one is a very close missionary family who has been here three years and they are very close to my heart (they are moving back to the states to help with the Ministry State side but also feel God calling them to move back) and the other is a family who has had some domestic violence recently and needs to leave soon. We have had two teachers move on to different professions and now our pastor is leaving as well for the States for a year with his family. This affects my sports club in many ways because I am losing very good coaches and leaders. Three students, who are boys are getting ready to start their practicums and will not be taking classes after the month of June. Which leaves me three months without guy coaches. I am feeling a little overwhelmed with change. I don't mind some changes but when it's surrounding you from all sides it's very difficult. Please pray as there are more changes to come and with Scott and I coming here; it's been eye opening to realize where things are at right now and what lies in the future.
PTL for several male teachers who said they would help out with the Public School Program and work with the kids in place of the students who will be leaving. Some days you wonder if God is teaching you to push through or realize he has different plans in mind for sports here.

Field Trip - None Stop Action

One of the amazing things about going with junior high and high school kids on a three day trip they keep you entertained. I was in the van with Prof. Carlos and his wife with seventeen fourteen year olds. Wow was that a trip. Singing songs the entire way was one thing but in another language was quite another. Plus, it was boys singing off key and loud. Luckily, I had my head set and listened to the Eagles and U2 to keep me calm and relaxed for the three day tour.
It was exciting to experience an amusement park with the kids who had never been to one for the first time. They were very nervous at first to ride roller coasters and other crazy rides. When they actually got on them they were addicted. They rode the roller coaster five to seven times and it was so awesome to join in on the fun. I enjoyed taking photos and just loving on the kids.
We also went on an auto safari. It was way cool and kind of dangerous but we weren't thinking of the danger. Only getting to see the animals up close and it was so cool. They even had a swimming pool at the safari and it was like a safari, zoo, and resort all in one. It was amazing.
After the seven hour trip back.. I got a head cold and it took me a few days to get over it. During rainy season it seems like it's tough to breath for me. They told me I have allergy induced asthma.
This was the last field trip for Becca Lewis who will be leaving with her family for a year long stay in the States. Our founder has worked for 20 years here and without taking a leave. Because of health reasons he is taking his entire family with him back to the States to re coop and relax. Many workers here are dealing with their leave pretty well and trying to stay strong. For the past four months we have been running without his help and he has seen his leadership take responsibility for the ministry. Please pray for a full recovery for Mike and for the people in ministry here who are dealing with their absence.

Lots of Changes

Recently my brother and I have talked about all the changes happening this year. For example; his movie coming out in theaters, our parents moving and things changing in their lives,, Huck being able to express his feelings and Scott and I growing closer even though we are miles apart. It's an exciting year and even though the future is unsure we know God has a plan. I am leaning on Him everyday to hold on to the Truth of His Word. A song keeps playing in my head of His Truth and His promises.

Not only have there been changes back home but lots of things happening here. This past week we lost our PE instructor due to his lack of money. Our school is unable to pay our teachers even minimum wage. So many of our teachers are working either several jobs or living at home with their parents. He didn't give a two weeks notice so it was a little crazy. He did a lot at the school and we were frantic to try and figure out a plan. I was asked by Prof. Carlos (my direct boss and director of the school) if I would step in and take on his seven classes on Tuesday and Thursday. I told him it would be the best transition for the kids since they all know me. So Thursday I took on the task of a full say of PE, sports club, and Basketball Leagues at night. God helped me out the first day and it rained so I didn't have to do sports club and got a little break.
Today, our PE Teacher returned and said he found another job and if they will be willing to allow him not to work on Tuesday and Thursdays he could do both jobs. He seemed very excited and said he was stupid for leaving but he really needed the money. He talked about his legs hurting and his mother being very ill. Here families will do what it takes to take care of their family members. We are praying for him to return and we shall find out Monday. If not please pray for me as I am challenged in another area of doing something I have never done before in teaching all ages of kids PE.
Thank you for your continued prayers for me as I am blessed with opportunities to help people grow. Not only kids but adults through the basketball league. My director came back and is still helping thanks to my other director encouraging him to stay. My other boss Paul, learned it's not easy to officiate and has a new respect for officials after he took a hand in helping me out the other night. God is moving in so many ways. Our women's league has really blossomed into a great experience for getting to know other women in the community. I am really enjoying it. I never knew so many of our kids mom's until now. They are wonderful people and it's my dream we can get them connected to our church or at least build relationships with other churches. God is so good!!! I have such great helpers in my sports club kids. Many of them just come and help even without me asking. It's been encouraging to know God is making a difference here, game by game.

Can you say Technical?

Ok, for you who are not basketball fans it's very bad to get a technical. It means you said something to an official and its not worth repeating. Or you definitely did not agree with the officials call on the court. So far this week and a half people who are leaders on my basketball crew have gotten technicals, including myself. I was called for making a signal for walking because I thought Miguel missed a pretty big call. Carlos fouled out which is not really bad but not good either. Juan Jose, was kicked out of the league for mouthing off to the official after a call and wouldn't stop. But the kicker (not pun intended) was tonight. Let me tell you the story from the get go.
So I get to the court at 5:45 because I know there is a game at 6:00. 6:30 rolls around and I have two guys from one team there. By 6:45 another guy comes from another team and asks if he can go get his team they will be a little late but they want to play the 6:00 game at 7:00. I call Jose Miguel because he is the director of the men's league. He tells me, he can't come tonight because he has the group from Canada eating at his house right then. I was like why didn't you tell me. Then he asks to have Pedro come to pick him up on my moto. I let Pedro take my bike and and he doesn't return until 7:10. Which his game is at 7:00 and the forfeit is 7:15. Miguel had him translate for him for the group but didn't come back with Pedro. 7:15 and the two teams that were wanting to know what is going on with the 6:00 game because they were both late. Long story short.... the other two teams show up on time so we play. The second game gets started pretty much on time. Not too many problems as one team dominated the other team. But the third game Miguel who was suppose to be helping me with the men's tournament showed up late and was playing on the team of the third game. The game was tight the whole night. Everyone was fouling pretty badly and I was trying to make as many calls as I could but it was crazy. Finally towards the end of the game, I made a late call but it was on Miguel. He looked at me like I was crazy and mouthed a bunch of words, I didn't know what he was saying. I gave him a technical and he proceeded to kick the ball out of the court. (Which by the way has a 30 ft. fence around it). I gave him another technical and he walked off the court. Everyone was in shock because he is the director and he got that upset. He pretty much made a fool out of himself and our league. Not sure what is going to happen after this. I kept my cool and finished the game with giving the other team a technical as well, to my boss Paul for getting out of line. It was a crazy night. I tried my best but wasn't even planning on officiating all by myself. So long story short, it was a very tough night. Now I have a lot of people wondering what is going on. I think I am one of those people too. Very rough night! Pray for our league as it flared a lot of tempers this past week.

Since he has been gone............to Italy and Greece.

So things with this month have been a little crazy. Our sports program had to take a back seat to exams this month. We have exams for the high school who teach the sports this past week and this week our junior high kids are taking exam. Next week our junior high kids who are in the sports club are taking their annual class trip for three days. We decided it was best to just start sports in June with basketball and baseball for boys and basketball/soccer for girls. It should be a better match up. Please pray for all our kids as they work hard with their exams. We are still going to the public schools and working with those kids. The Canada team has come and they are so generous. They got us a stop watch for our basketball league which was very needed and a few extra soccer balls. It was very nice of them to be thinking about us in the athletic department.
Scott my boyfriend has been in Italy and Greece taking his much needed vacation. He as been gone for about 12 days and we haven't gotten to communicate much. But since he has been gone, I have kept pretty busy with things. We have leagues on Tuesday and Thursday Nights. Plus little basketball league on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. It's been fun so far and I actually am playing in the woman's league. I am like the tallest one out there so I am a much needed player. I keep forgetting I need to get under the basket and not play a guard. It's very different. But I was pretty excited about playing. I don't know if my legs were though, it's tough getting old.
I think the kids are getting a lot out of learning basketball. It's been fun to watch them and just see the excitement in anticipation for the up coming weekend. Everyday, I get asked when one of them is suppose to play. It's very adorable and has brought me a lot closer to some of the kids, I never had class with before. My coaches are doing a great job. Even though one team got beat 50-0. I was trying to help Becca realize she didn't have any of her regular kids there and most were subs, she still cried. It's tough getting beat really bad. She is so tender hearted. Please pray for our coaches as they are getting a good experience. It's not easy being a coach and watching your kids struggle. We have all been there as coaches or parents. But it builds character and an understanding it's not about points but about how much love you can show your team during the tough times.

Goodbye Poochies

Yesterday after returning from town to get groceries my friend Brad went up to his house to take his food in and with his hands full the gate remained open for just a split second. It was just enough time for the dog "Princess" (a pit bull) he has living with him to attack our bosses dog "Poochies" (a chiwahwah), who had followed Brad up to his house. It was a very sad day as the five Lewis kids had to deal with the lose of their beloved dog. They rushed him to the vet and Poochies had fractured his spine. They put Poochies down shortly after arriving. Please pray for our sweet family who lost a very adorable dog.

Poochies, You brought such laughter and we thank God for such a sweet doggy.

Funny Pics

The first picture is milk we received in a bag from one of our public schools. It was very cute and interesting. Most of the other schools give out water, coke, or ice treats. This day we received milk in a cute little bag.
The second picture is of awards night. I was looking back through the pictures and found this sweet, awkward looking child in several of the pictures. I just had to share because it seemed at least to me pretty hilarious. I have never seen this child before nor have I seen him since. But somehow he made it into awards pictures. Very funny!

Basketball Leagues Begin

Being in charge of a basketball league has been very interesting. I am working with three Guatemalans who are very social and extremely awesome people. One thing that is very difficult is understanding when to be firm on things and when to not be. Our deadline for the basketball League was April 28th. It's May 4th and we are still having teams join the league. Our women's league had four teams show up but two other teams want to be in it as well. Our men's league is the same story. I am trying to get this organized as best I can but it seems the harder I try to organize the more it becomes a crazy mess. I must trust God in every aspect because I know he wants people here to be shown the way. We have been teaching officials, working with our teenagers on how to be coaches. Now we have eight teams of little kids for the first time ever for our basketball league and there will be some bumps in the road. Hopefully it will also be a blast to watch the little 5-10 year olds play ball. Please pray as life can sometimes be too full. I want the time to go fast but some days I can't tell you were the time went or my keys.
One blessing was last night, I was in the middle of playing basketball, the later I was going to help officiate, and then help with the men's games till about 10 or 11 at night. In the middle of our game the lights went out and we had nothing. I went from thinking I wouldn't get to speak to my boyfriend before he leaves to getting to talk to him and one of my best friends for over an hour. God is so good. Please continue to pray we bring people into our community of love here at the Inn.

Finding Favor

Maria and I took a trip to Panajache and it was amazing. I can't tell you anymore then God was so good to us during this trip. We had a wonderful time and was blessed beyond measure. We took this trip because neither one of us is going to be free for the next two months. She has teams coming in and I have three basketball leagues to put on successfully. I am excited about the time we will have with people outside our ministry but I also needed time away. It was so beautiful there. God is amazing in having us meet several people and getting to share what we are all about. It was such a blessing to be vocal about our beliefs and share even on vacation. God is so good.