Full Circle.

I had an interesting encounter yesterday. I ran into Grace who works closely with women's soccer in Kigali and was the other women's national coach assistant before the team kind of disbanded. I have not seen her for probably over four months or more. Since coming to Rwanda, one of my biggest desires was to work with the national team and to more specifically work with women soccer players. When I first got here, I pursued those opportunities, but as I pursued those opportunities, it seemed more and more doors closed, while other doors like coaching boys soccer opened. After a while I just surrendered my desire and prayer and just said, Lord it is up to you to work those things out. I just had to let what I wanted go and be excited about the opportunities that did lay before me. So.... how this comes full circle... well, yesterday as I was pulling up the field where my boys team and I typically have practice I noticed a bunch of women soccer players all dressed in blue and yellow playing on the field next to us. I was definitely curious. Then I noticed this tall, Rwandan women standing in the middle of them talking. Immediately I thought it was Grace. It took me a few minutes, but eventually I walked over and to my surprise it really was Grace. We both got excited and asked how each other was doing. As conversation would go, women's soccer came up and I just simply expressed to her that if she ever needs me, I am available to both help coach and play. Praise the Lord, she jumped at my words, and invited me immediately to start playing with her and her team. She even told me that would be practicing all week preparing for a match that would be held on Saturday against another big team in Kigali. Of course, you probably know my response. I was excited and told her even though I could not practice right that moment with them, I would definitely return the following day at 3:30 sharp to play. So... who knows what this opportunity will actually end up looking like but as it seems, my prayer have come full circle and today at 3:30 I will head to the Red Cross field to go play with about twenty Rwandan professional soccer players and Grace :-).