THANKYOU everyone for your prayers and support in the last couple of weeks as we prepared for and ran the Bpa Tia Cup (a soccer tournament for youth and young adults in Noom's village). The tournament went only for 2 days (14th-15th March) but the planning and preparations were taking place for more than 2 weeks beforehand.
The tournament was a success, giving us the opportunity to build relationships as well as be a witness of God's love to the people in the village. God even gave us the grace and opportunity to play Isaan worship music over the loud speakers during the breaks. We believe that through this tournament, whether it be through hearing the music or through watching the lives of the Christians involved, Noom's village and other surrounding villages were able to see and hear more about God. Praise God for His protection over the teams as they played, and for His willingness to use us humans to take a part in His will!
Personally, I (Karis) enjoyed my first chance of being involved in the running of the tournament by taking down scores and keeping an eye on the schedule, but would have loved to have more of a chance to talk to the women in the village and build relationships one-on-one. I am praying for the opportunity to do more of this and for the courage even though I don't have too much of the Isaan language.
Praise God also that the teams who were involved in the tournament were able to experience a kind of playing without fights, seriousness and yelling, but more so they were able to just have fun.
Thank you once again for all your support and in the next couple of days we will be updating more about the soccer ministry to come in the upcoming weeks.
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