volleyball

TONIGHT I AND COACH ZIEMER TOOK 9 8TH GRADERS FROM OUR VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO THE GOPHERS GAME. I ALWAYS ENJOY DOING THAT WITH THEM. SOME OF THESE KIDS HAVE NEVER, AND WILL NEVER, GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND SEE A GAME LIKE THAT. THEY LOVED IT. I LOVED IT. IT WAS GOOD TIME. PLUS, MAN CAN THOSE LADY GOPHERS PLAY VOLLEYBALL. IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO SEE SOME HARD CORE VOLLEYBALL. ONE OF THE CHICKS THAT PLAYED COULD, WHAT SEEMED TO ME, FLY. SHE HAD MAJOR HOPS! THE GIRLS LAUGHED AND CHEERED AND WERE TOTALLY SILLY. IT WAS GREAT. AND THE GOPHERS WON!!

COACHING 8TH GRADE VOLLEYBALL IS GREAT. AT TIMES I WANT TO PULL MY HAIR OUT CUZ THEY DONT LISTEN AND SOME OF THEM ARE THERE JUST BECAUSE THERE FRIENDS ARE. BUT...IT'S WORTH IT ON NIGHTS LIKE THIS, WHEN YOU SEE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME. WE HAVE 42 8TH GRADERS PLAYING VOLLEYBALL AND LET ME JUST SAY COACHING THEM IS NO EASY TASK. WE START GAMES NEXT WEEK AND I AM NERVOUS TO SEE HOW WELL THEY DO. WE ARE NOT READY, THEY ARE NOT READY! BUT I GUESS- A COACH ALWAYS GOES WITH THE PUNCHES - RIGHT!

ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO BLOG SOME THOUGHTS OF MINE THE PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS BUT HAVE HAD TO MANY OTHERS THINGS GOING ON AND...I JUST CANT SEEM TO GET ENOUGH SLEEP THESE DAYS- SO.....

LAST SUNDAY I WENT TO CHURCH. IT HAS BEEN A MONTH SINCE I HAVE ATTENDED MY HOME CHURCH (OPEN DOOR) AND WAS SO GLAD TO BE THERE. THE WORSHIP WAS REFRESHING AND UP LIFTING AND I WAS SO GLAD AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME TO BE ALIVE, WELL AND TO BE LOVED (NO MATTER) BY MY GOD. ONE OF THE SONGS SUNG HAS STUCK WITH ME ALL WEEK AND HAS BECOME A PRAYER OF MINE. I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE AND I HOPE, LIKE ME, YOU TAKE ON THE WORDS OF THIS SONG AS A PRAYER FOR YOUR HEART.

"CONSUMING FIRE, FAME INTO FLAME, A PASSION FOR YOUR NAME. SPIRIT OF GOD, FALL INTO THIS PLACE, LORD HAVE YOUR WAY! STIR IT UP IN MY HEART LORD, STIR IT UP IN MY HEART LORD, STIR IT UP IN MY HEART LORD, A PASSION FOR YOUR NAME!!!"