Saturday, April 6, 2013

What is VC Revolution- Video

Check out this video to see what VC Revolution is all about! Loading it to my blog takes way to long here in the DR so you can just click the link and watch it on youtube!




Friday, April 5, 2013

Looking to the Future


It’s hard for me to believe that I have now been here for almost 4 years.  I am excited to see how God continues to use VC Revolution here in Jarabacoa.  We are training new coaches to accommodate for all the new girls wanting to be involved.  We have two big new projects that we are working on that we need your help with. As we graduate 4 of our seniors from our varsity team, we are also starting a scholarship program to help them attend college. As our site expands, we also need monthly supporters to help keep the site running efficiently. 

#1:  Sponsorship for Graduating Seniors
Many of the girls in our program have been trained and discipled and will be graduating in June.  Mabelis, Caroly, Dianny and Loreidy have all been a part of varsity and would like to attend college next fall.  Mabelis and Loreidy would like to study psychology and Caroly and Dianny-Dentistry.  They do not have nearly enough resources to pay for college.  Most of these girls will be the first in their family to go on to college (or even to finish high school!)  In return for their scholarships, they will join us as volunteer staff and help coach teams within VC Revolution or serve at other ministry sites  We are excited about this scholarship program because it allows these girls, who have been be apart of our program,  to continue serving alongside SI as well as continue their education. In order to pay for tuition, transportation and books, it costs $100 per month for these girls to attend college.

Mabelis, Loreidy, Caroly and Dianny 


Would you consider being a monthly supporter with your donation of $100 per month?  Or you can also be a half-scholarship supporter of $50 a month.  You can also give a one time donation.  Anything would be a huge blessing to these girls. Please consider helping to sponsor one of these girls and give them a chance of a future that they could have not otherwise afforded. If you would consider playing a HUGE role in providing these girls with a future, you can donate online at https://www.stint.com/donate.php.  Under “Ministry Site/Special Fund” scroll down to “Dominican Republic/Girls Volleyball Site- Scholarship Account” and follow the easy steps from there.  

2: Site Support Needed
As more girls want to be a part of VC Revolution, we need help financially to run these teams efficiently.  First of all, we want to be able to pay our coaches fairly.   In addition, in order to host tournaments, we need to provide food and refs for the games.  Hosting tournaments is a great thing because we are able share the gospel with the teams that come.  Students International was able to provide enough money to run the site for the past 4 years.   However,  in order to allow more girls into our site and provide coaches for all the team, we will need your help.  Our goal would be to raise $600 a month for total of $5400 to complete the rest of the year.  This money will go directly to the program to cover Dominican coaches salaries, travel expenses, equipment and uniforms. 


For the year of 2013, we need a total of $5400   If you would be willing to give a one time donation or consider being a monthly supporter of our site, we would so appreciate it! If you are interested in giving to our program you can give a tax-deductible donation online at https://www.stint.com/donate.php.  Under “Ministry Site/Special Fund” scroll down to “Dominican Republic/Girls Volleyball Site- General” and follow the easy steps from there.
*For more information on other ways to donate, feel free to visit the website at http://www.stint.com/about/donate and it can explain other options.

Other Big News!
In February, we welcomed Chelsie Blackburn to our full-time missionary staff.  She will be spending the first couple months taking Spanish classes and then joining me in May. Our goal would be that she can really invest in the newer players and continue and disciple them as they go through our program. 
Chelse is the one on the right. :) 
This was a big 3v3 tournament that we played in last week!

Here's a video that we just made giving a better idea of what VC Revolution is all about!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntn9z4hMWU&feature=youtu.be