Summer Snap Shot!

Summer is super busy with new teams coming in every two weeks. Each day I come home exhausted, probably a bit sunburnt, somedays a bit dehydrated... but my joy is renewed because I get to serve the Lord using volleyball! Does it get any better than that?  I wanted to give you at update in how God has blessed Breddy and I with new monthly supporters and how the women's sports site is going Also, at the end are some prayer requests!

Support Update: So I mentioned just 2 months ago that we needed to raise our monthly support by $500. Well in just two months, God has moved in the lives of many of the outreach participants that have come down and we now have 5 new monthly supporters!  With those new supporters, we currently have $200 of the $500 we need. And just this last outreach, 3 men approached Breddy and said they wanted to support him!! Here are some pictures of Breddy working at the mens sports site during this past outreach.

Coaching in Buena Vista

Breddy giving a talk before practice

Women's Sports Site Update:  This summer has been really great. Two of our varsity graduates have been helping as volunteers this summer and that has been a HUGE blessing. Esther now translates the messages every morning and Mabelis helps run the practices. It's been so neat to see them step into coaching roles and be such great role models for the girls.  We now are coaching 4 main groups of girls and have about 75 girls in our program! Now that we have 2 new coaches (Mabelis and Esther) and one more senior graduating this year, I hope to expand the program even more so that those girls start coaching their own teams and we can reach more girls through volleyball! 

Praying after practice with one of our beginner teams

Olivet Nazarene Volleyball team with some of the varsity girls 

Prayer Request: Please pray for energy during these last two weeks and that we will fully invest in each group of students, even though they each come for just a week. (During the summer, normal outreaches are 2 weeks long).  Also pray that we can reach our donation goal soon!

Breddy!

I want to take a couple minutes to let you know what's going on in Breddy's life and how you can get involved in helping our family. Also, see some pictures at the end of Breddy in action! 

Breddy has always had a huge passion for sports.  In November of 2014, he started serving as a volunteer at the boys baseball site.  Breddy had a rough childhood with no support from his parents.  When he started working at the boys sports site, he connected well with the boys who come from tough situations.  With the amount of energy this man has, he fits in so well because he is like a 13 year old kid in a man's body! We have been praying that more support will come in so that we will both be able to continue to do what the Lord has called us to do. In just the last month, we have had 4 people, who through getting to know Breddy, decided to join us as month supporters.  Really awesome! THANK YOU! 

However, for us to be at a safe place to start a family, we still need to raise $500 more of monthly support. So if we break that down, we need six $50/mon supporters and eight $25/mon supporters.  

If you would like to give a one-time donation or support us monthly, you can do that through my account. LINK: https://www.stint.com/donate.php?id=s46594

If you are interested in becoming a monthly supporter for Breddy, you can donate through the men's sports site and they will give that donation to him. Be sure to make a comment that your donation is specifically for Breddy. 
LINK: https://www.stint.com/donate.php?id=f89  

Breddy on the truck with the LIFT team

Hanging with some boys at the sports site

One of the baseball teams