Futbol

Tonight, we went to another church that was running a soccer camp for K-12. Our group joined the high schoolers which made it possible to play a full pitch (field) game with 11 vs. 11. It was super fun and for all of you who know of my hamstring problems, I felt pretty good. I will take some advil tonight. :) There were lots of Asian guys who were playing and we couldn't keep up with them and couldn't understand them as they talked to each other which gave them a huge advantage. Our kids were a great encouragement to the other kids playing and overall we had a great time. Our coaches were great, one was from Ghana and one from Brazil. And if you know anything about futbol (soccer), Ghana and Brazil are great playing countries and our kids and the kids at the camp really learned a lot from those two guys.

One thing you may not know about New Life is that we have our very own soccer ministry run by Jason Sheppard. It goes almost year round, indoors and out and varies from 5-20 kids who participate. On the heels of the World Cup, imagine what a great ministry this could be if we had a few more super-committed Christ-centered adults and some ministry minded students who might take this ministry to the "nations" around us. Futbol is the most popular sport in the world, hands down, and most international kids, if asked to play futbol....WILL.

All over the world (except maybe in America), the most exciting thing in sport is a goal scored in a futbol game because they are few and far between, but when they happen, countries go wild.

I Peter 1:9 says, "for you are receiving the GOAL of your faith, the salvation of your souls". Imagine using the soccer language of "goal" in a Biblical way along with actually playing the sport with those from other countries. Wouldn't it be great to see many come to faith in Christ and then we celebrate with them?

As they say in Hispanic Futbol cultures GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!