We've been here two full weeks now and things seem to be going well. We've been staying busy and getting a lot done.
Saturday was our Church Soccer Game Day on our church's property. We played soccer from 1pm to 4:30 and then had a cook out. It was great; a lot of people showed up (there were 20 in the first game we played) and everyone played very well. There was plenty of sportsmanship and fun. Then Saturday night a group of us went and watched the KC Wizards lose to FC Dallas downtown. Even though our team didn't win, it was still a great game of soccer and we had fun.
Sunday morning went great. Amanda and I are slowly getting use to the different worship setting. Sunday Night was the greatest time we have had here though. Mike took me to a park where he met some Polish guys a while back that have a pick up soccer game every Sunday Evening. I got to meet them all and they laughed at me as I tried to pronounce their names and then we played soccer for over 2 hours solid. It was the most fun I have ever had! They are all so warm and friendly... and very good at soccer. By the time we were done playing it felt like I had been hanging out with those guys for years... half because I was so tired and half because it just felt like I was very accepted right away.
Monday morning I woke up and couldn't move my legs after the long weekend of kicking and running. When I finally got moving I came to this awesome little coffee shop near our house called Espresso dell`Anatro. I have been coming here every morning to get online, read and meet people. I have had some great conversations with a lot of people here. I figured I would build relationships and make friends and maybe in a couple months be able to start talking about the church and believing in things with them. But the door swung wide open yesterday. There is a Barista here that is really cool. We started talking and it just felt right so we ended up talking about ministry and church and everything. It turns out he has a degree in ministry and did it for a while but now isn't going to church anywhere so I told him about Cornerstone and invited him to check it out. It seemed really into it. Pray with me that he checks us out and maybe we could be some healing for him.
Anyway, things are going well. I'm still figuring out what I am suppose to be doing, but all this stuff seems to be working for now... so I guess I'll just keep doing this some more.
-- Eric
Saturday was our Church Soccer Game Day on our church's property. We played soccer from 1pm to 4:30 and then had a cook out. It was great; a lot of people showed up (there were 20 in the first game we played) and everyone played very well. There was plenty of sportsmanship and fun. Then Saturday night a group of us went and watched the KC Wizards lose to FC Dallas downtown. Even though our team didn't win, it was still a great game of soccer and we had fun.
Sunday morning went great. Amanda and I are slowly getting use to the different worship setting. Sunday Night was the greatest time we have had here though. Mike took me to a park where he met some Polish guys a while back that have a pick up soccer game every Sunday Evening. I got to meet them all and they laughed at me as I tried to pronounce their names and then we played soccer for over 2 hours solid. It was the most fun I have ever had! They are all so warm and friendly... and very good at soccer. By the time we were done playing it felt like I had been hanging out with those guys for years... half because I was so tired and half because it just felt like I was very accepted right away.
Monday morning I woke up and couldn't move my legs after the long weekend of kicking and running. When I finally got moving I came to this awesome little coffee shop near our house called Espresso dell`Anatro. I have been coming here every morning to get online, read and meet people. I have had some great conversations with a lot of people here. I figured I would build relationships and make friends and maybe in a couple months be able to start talking about the church and believing in things with them. But the door swung wide open yesterday. There is a Barista here that is really cool. We started talking and it just felt right so we ended up talking about ministry and church and everything. It turns out he has a degree in ministry and did it for a while but now isn't going to church anywhere so I told him about Cornerstone and invited him to check it out. It seemed really into it. Pray with me that he checks us out and maybe we could be some healing for him.
Anyway, things are going well. I'm still figuring out what I am suppose to be doing, but all this stuff seems to be working for now... so I guess I'll just keep doing this some more.
-- Eric
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Good for people to know.
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