“Keysi, tu me
soprendiste.” Leslie told Keysi
after a Leslie finally let go of everything that had been bothering at
home. Leslie is one of our best
varsity players, but for months she really had been secluding herself from the
other girls. All the girls had
gotten together and were sharing ideas of what they had done and what they
planned to do to help raise money for our states trip. When I got to Leslie and asked what she
had done, she simply said. “Nothing.” I pulled her aside and explained to her, if
she did not embrace her role on this team and start to involve herself, she
would have to be kicked off the team.
After this meeting, Keysi,
one of the captains on the team, pulled Leslie aside and finally discovered the
real root of the problem. Leslie had been having major problems at home and it
had led to her pulling away from everything else she actually enjoyed. The neat
part of this story is that Keysi and Leslie had been enemies at the beginning
of the season. However, God has worked in Keysi’s life and has developed her
into a caring leader of the team.
At the end of her conversation with Keysi with raging tears and a final
release of what was going on with Leslie, Leslie told Keysi, “Keysi, tu me
soprendiste.” “Keysi, you surprised me.”
The restored relationship between these two girls has been an amazing
testimony of the power of God and his ability to break walls and renew
relationships.
This has been a common
theme for me these past few months. God continues to surprise me. The volleyball ministry here in the
Dominican Republic seems to grow more and more. We now have 4 coaches who help run our teams. 2 of these new coaches are varsity
players who have been involved in the program for a while and now coach our
youngest girls team. These girls
have surprised me in the way they have stepped up and now continue to impact
and influence other girls. Also,
our trip to the United States is almost fully funded thanks to so many of you
who have helped donate. Thank you for blessing us. We are now at $14,000 of the $18,000 we need for the trip. If you want to donate to our trip, click on the "we pay" link to the right. Our trip is July 25th to August 13, so
hopefully they will get to thank you personally! Thank you so much for your prayers and support and making
this ministry happen.
Prayer Requests
· 1. Trip finances and that the girls will be
granted visas
· 2. Wisdom as new coaches are being trained so that
they can successfully train and teach new players.
