“Why haven’t we played flag football yet!?!”
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| The flag football game suggested by our ladies of Club Beyond. Everyone wins! |
One sunny Sunday afternoon after playing soccer with our
students, we heard this come from the majority of our girls who attended our
study that day. This nearly knocked me to the ground. Normally, I come prepared
with game ideas and our girls wanted something with a bit more excitement and
competition at Club on Sundays. Therefore, that’s exactly what we chose. I
promised them that their voices were heard and we were going to play flag
football together with all the guys and girls the following week.
Their voices were heard. Too often we come to Club ready,
prepared and almost rigid to change our plans and just go through routine of
what we think it should look like. This wasn’t the first time our students have
made suggestions to what our Club could do during a certain week. They want to
know they are heard even if it’s just for a high five on a great thing done
during a game or a hug given to them when they arrive because they are known
and seen when they show up at Club.
Students are gaining momentum going into the latter part of
the first semester knowing they are part of a tight knit family at Club on both
locations of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield. They know they matter. When we hear them out, whether it’s a game
suggestion, life story or just a personal thought on a topic we’re discussing
in a Club talk, it solidifies their being at Club and that they can be
themselves.
Just like the girls being heard as of late in their
suggestion, I thank you personally from my heart to share these stories
throughout my time here in Georgia. Words can’t say enough of what God is doing
here, but I am thankful for each of you on the team in whatever capacity you
play. It’s because you allowed me to have that one moment to share God’s vision
and calling toward these military teens, now in Georgia, that I get to build up
a team of adults that can pour into their lives on a regular basis.
As the year winds down and we go into our Christmas season
with our students, I also want to say thank you for the ongoing prayer,
emotional and financial support. Because of each of you in one way or another,
you are making God’s story come true for each of these student’s lives. Their
stories are heard week in and week out. The journey continues onward as God
prepares us for another year to reach the students He has planned. I would ask
you to please prayerfully consider joining the ministry support team in
whatever capacity you might be able to do. It matters because each of the
students God entrusts into our care in Georgia do matter.
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| Another great suggestion from our students to dress up for our pre-Thanksgiving party. Everyone loved it! |
May God bless you and your families as He has blessed us
beyond all imaginable this Christmas season,
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