Christ's Gift Academy is busy preparing for the big sports day against other local schools next week. On Friday we had a friendly match with a rival school of ours. There were three starters from the boys soccer team and three girls from the girls team that were being disciplined for various reasons and couldn't participate in the match. When I met up with the kids they were complaining and saying, "How can we play without some of our best players?" I tried to encourage them and told them they had a choice. Either they could just cry and give up or work even harder and do our best for God's glory.The girls played their best match of all the friendly matches we have played. We were already ahead 4-0 in the 2nd half when the opposing team stuck a skirt on a boy and inserted him into the game. It didn't make a difference as our girls continued to dominate. Eventually the referee noticed the boy and removed him from the match.
The boys had many players in different positions then they were used to because of the three missing boys. They were undersized compared to the 18 and 19 year olds on the other primary school team (most of our kids are the right age for their classes). We got down 1-0 in the first half but kept battling until we finally broke through with a goal late in the game about 1 minute before regulation time ended.
I think they learned several lessons.
Here are a few...
1) No player is bigger than the team
2) Much can be accomplished when people work together and try their best
3) Attitude makes all the difference in the world
4) Keep trying even when you are losing
5) We should glorify God in everything we do
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A huge area of growth for these kids to learn these lessons in the context of athletics. It's great that you continue to be a positive example for these youth and hold them to a higher standard of integrity and character!
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