While the weekend was action packed and incredibly busy, the need to put God first was ever so evident. The goal of the girls’ football club is not just to win matches, but to instill in every girl that God should be first in everything we do. We began each morning with prayer and worship, followed by devotions for the day. Some of the topics we discussed were putting God first, giving God the glory for everything and to be thankful at all times; in good times and bad. In the evenings, we discussed what things (big and small) we were thankful for.
Unity was the key word for the weekend. We discussed what it meant to be a united team and the characteristics of unity; brotherly love, patience, humility and encouragement. Ephesians 4 was the scripture we turned to so that we could be reminded of what God says about unity.
Later in the weekend, we had a chance to put this into practice. We were 3 separate teams, but one in unity. The teams had to split to play their respective matches. We all wanted to be able to watch each other and cheer for each other in our final games, but the schedule did not allow this to happen. However, in the end, when reunited, the teams shared both victories and losses. They encouraged those that had played so hard, but lost their match and they celebrated with those that walked away champions. This was clear when the coach and team captain rushed back to Kisumu after the championship in Homa Bay to watch the Junior’s final. The captain pulled the trophy from her bag and the Junior girls jumped and screamed and ran with the trophy as it was their own….and it was. We are a team united.
Unity was the key word for the weekend. We discussed what it meant to be a united team and the characteristics of unity; brotherly love, patience, humility and encouragement. Ephesians 4 was the scripture we turned to so that we could be reminded of what God says about unity.
Later in the weekend, we had a chance to put this into practice. We were 3 separate teams, but one in unity. The teams had to split to play their respective matches. We all wanted to be able to watch each other and cheer for each other in our final games, but the schedule did not allow this to happen. However, in the end, when reunited, the teams shared both victories and losses. They encouraged those that had played so hard, but lost their match and they celebrated with those that walked away champions. This was clear when the coach and team captain rushed back to Kisumu after the championship in Homa Bay to watch the Junior’s final. The captain pulled the trophy from her bag and the Junior girls jumped and screamed and ran with the trophy as it was their own….and it was. We are a team united.
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