The Ancient Path: Football on the east side

Fall was a special time for our family as we got to see our man in action.

My husband is a great coach. Years ago when he sensed the Lord telling us to move overseas he gave it up.I am certain he would be a college coach right now if he would have stayed on that path.

yet...

The Lord set him apart for something else these past years. For seven years he basically put this passion aside, though on an occasional sleepless night I found him awake dreaming up a new offense.

The Lord in His goodness...He gave it back to him in a completely different way than we could have imagined.

He became the coach of a new city team. This sport is pretty new to these parts. My browsing through a local magazine led him to inquire about the team and months later, he was their coach. Its not quite on the level of Texas, but these Chinese guys have taken this sport to heart.

As one player told my hubs after the season, "I thought I was joining the team to play football but in reality I learned so much more about a life of character from you."

The Lord gives us gifts and we get to use them for Him. He offered his passion and knowledge and used it as a gift for the Kingdom.

What we thought was sacrifice becomes the gift.

The hubs remained faithful to a calling. He remained faithful to His Lord and the giver of all good things allowed what we thought was a dream of the past to be returned.

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This fall we also joined up with Children's Hope Chest. Our family is preparing to visit Ethiopia and as we wait we are looking for ways to pour love into that place. One of our favs was a Turkey bowl where a bunch of friends participated and raised a whole lot of money, that was then sent on to our boys homeland.

In the morning the hubs played QB for the Turkey Bowl, helping them win the championship! He then rushed over and coached the Mustangs to victory that afternoon.