So y’all. Remember how I told you God was making me feel at home through the soccer fields and such? (you will only know what I’m talking about if you read that blog so… go check it out if you haven’t.) So anyways, not only do I get to watch the kids play street ball, and pass by the soccer fields… now the Lord has given me the opportunity to make soccer my ministry. I will be coaching a girls soccer team twice a week for the next 3 months. And if that isn’t already good enough, I get to do a bible study with them before practice each time.
God knows my heart so well it is literally crazy. About a week ago I told my mom “I know there is a ministry including soccer but like no big deal if my team doesn’t get that one, I know I’ll love anywhere we get placed.” BUT HE HEARD THAT PRAYER I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM FOR! So yeah obviously I’m extremely excited about the work I will be getting to do in San Lorenzo, Guatemala.
Going into my first “official” week of coaching this past week I was so anxious and scared that I wouldn’t have the right words to say, or that they wouldn’t understand me, or that I didn’t know enough about Jesus in order to be teaching them… the list goes on, but the Lord quickly shut down all the lies going on in my head. He reminded me that he CHOOSES to partner with us in order to build the Kingdom, but that doesn’t make it about us. He reminded me that he would give me the words that he wanted these girls to hear, that I didn’t need to have it all perfectly planned. He reminded me that he has given us the true authority to spread the gospel so there is no need for fear to be present.
Thank goodness I listened to those truths he poured over me because if I wouldn’t have, my time spent with those girls this week could’ve looked very different. But instead, I got to share the goodness of the Lord with them, laugh with them, and play my favorite sport in between the sweet mountains of Guatemala.
