Volleyball Tournament

This past weekend was our final volleyball tournament! The girls did an amazing job! It was held at La Estancia, another bilingual school in the city.

Thursday we lost our first match 0-2. Friday we won the first 2-0 and lost the second 1-2. Our last game was excellent and the girls played better than I've ever seen them play before! They were super scrappy and played their hearts out! We won the first game 33-31! It was an emotional game being so close the whole time. The second game was still close but they pulled ahead and we lost 19-25. The third game was another nail biter, but we lost 13-15. It was a great season and I loved being their coach!
Warming up
Pre-game pep talk
An amazing group of girls! I will miss them!

Volleyball Game!

We had our first game of the season tonight against the International School! It was so good to finally play against another school! I think it'll give the girls more motivation and excitement for practice as well. We lost but it was a pretty good match up. Due to time, we had to shorten the games: 12-21, 18-21, 4-11. So, we didn't do so well the last game, and they went on a run on us the first, but overall the girls had fun and learned a lot too!

Good night and God bless!

One season done, another one begun

Basketball season is officially wrapped up, except for the team party :) We had our final 2 games last week. The girls finished 2-8 and third in the Tegucigalpa tournament. They did a great job and improved SO much! It was fun to coach them. They were wonderful girls. The thing that I loved the most, was their attitude. They put forth an amazing effort, came every day ready to play, and worked well together. They were also an amazing example of Christ-like character. We set aside a few minutes each day for team devotions. It was amazing to see how God was working in each of their lives. They have hearts of gold, and continuously talked about how much they wanted to play basketball to glorify God. They put a smile on my face even on the most difficult teaching days. The pictures are from us at the Tegucigalpa tournament the last 3 weeks.

And now, life moves on and volleyball season has started. I am coaching the Juvenile team, 11th and 12th graders. It's quite the different dynamics! I am just getting to know the girls and so far they have been great! We've had a couple of days of hard conditioning and fundamentals practices. After a week, I still only have 5 girls at practice, with word that there are 3 more on the way but have been sick. We'll see! I hope that we'll be able to field a team. If not, we'll be moving some girls up. Saturday will be our last practice before the break. Next week they have off. It feels good to be on the volleyball court again. :) Drills and skills keep randomly coming back to me as I coach! Practices go by so quickly! I'm grateful for the transition. As much as I loved my basketball team, I was ready for a change.

11 days until I'm home! I can hardly believe it! It's going fast! This week we have 2 school concerts and then 2 different Christmas parties this weekend! 'Tis the season!