We are leaving! After 3 years of planning, fundraising and praying we are headed back to Uganda and adding Kenya to our travel itinerary. For those of you that don’t know- 3 years ago we spent 2 weeks in Uganda working alongside Sports Outreach in service to the Kampala and Gulu communities. We are thrilled to be returning.
We spent a few hours on Sunday morning at a team retreat in preparation for our trip trying to quiet ourselves after a busy semester and finals last week. It was a wonderful time of worship, thoughtful reflection and lots of packing. We are so grateful to the many people who donated cleats, soccer balls, clothes, bags…etc. We are happy to be able to bring over as much as we are.
We hope you will follow us along the way. We hope you will enjoy our stories, feel connected to the group and most importantly, that you will pray for us and with us. We begin by asking for prayer in these specific areas:
- That we would be able to bring the “Peace of God” wherever we go. Not just in word but truly able to bring and share the Peace of God to the people we come into contact with.
- Safety and health.
- That we would be open to being uncomfortable in many ways as we are stretched and challenged in the days to come.
21 players, 2 coaches, 6 additional leaders (Cliff and Diane Lundberg, Trisha Beaudin, Roxanne Love, Cat Adams and my personal favorite, Jeremiah Kiely), lots of soccer balls and lots of joy. Join us in this adventure!
We will see you in a few weeks!
Signing off…
Kristi Kiely
***To see the preparation for our trip in a blog made by the team you can go to:
http://westmontwomenssoccer.blogspot.com/
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