I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace....
A Team Together
A Team Together
Brittany Dozier is raising up future leaders in the girls she trains on a weekly basis in the soccer academy at El Faro. She not only invests in her players through the physical training of soccer, but she also is invested in their lives through her relationship with each one of the girls through movie nights, parties, house visits, and lots of social activities where they can have fun and also talk about the Bible. In July Brittany’s home church, One Church in Ohio, came down to serve in the ministries that Brittany and her husband Gavin are involved in. In addition they brought down suitcases full of clothing to give out to families in need that Brittany and Gavin work with. When the church left, Brittany still had a lot of donated clothing leftover and so she came up with an idea where she could get rid of the clothing and also bless the community through the soccer girls. Have a garage sale for her soccer team! Each girl brought Q5-10 (roughly $.75-$1.00) as a donation and then they had the opportunity to search through the clothing one by one until everything was gone. “Some girls brought exact change, some brought extra to give as a donation, and some even brought enough to cover a friend who wasn’t able to bring money. In total the girls raised Q190.00 ($25.00) and with that money they were able to buy food for a family in need.
The purpose of this project was to help the girls realize it is better to give than to receive. I want the girls to get involved in the communities and have the mind set that they can make a difference in helping others even though they are young. I want them to think outside of themselves and undersntad the privelage and blessing of helping others.
The team traveled with Brittany to the store in the village to figure out how much things cost, do the math, and pay with the money they had raised. The following week they went together to the village of Baltimore where they were able to pray for a family, read the Bible, give them the food, and spend time with them. Overall, this experience went extremely considering it was the first time that many of the girls had ever done anything like this. They were shy and a little nervous, but now that they have experienced it they are hungry to do more. Brittany’s goal is to do something similar each month by dividing the girls into smaller groups to make the experience more intimate and personal.
This is just the beginning and now that the girls have this flame ignited within them to help their communities we are excited to see what they accomplish in their next outreaches. If you would like to support Brittany and the girls outreach projects please click HERE.
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Joining another team directed by my new friend Victor Taracena late in the season we only were able to compete in one meet a month ago. However, encouraged by the determination and dedication by our 6:15 am training sessions I pushed the team to set in sights the guatemala national championships. After only training 4 months I kept my expectations low but know I serve a mighty God. This past Friday and Saturday my wife and took 4 youth 6 hours to Guatemala City to compete with the best in the country. Irma 14, Oseas 14, and Ana lizeth 13 all competed in two events each. Oseas continues to surprise himself with his ability to train at a high level and his 600meter time is quickly dropping having him firmly top 10 in Guatemala. He has little by little allowed track to add discipline to his life and improved his grades and walk with Jesus. Irma the stubborn warrior has the most natural talent of them all seemingly the quiet skinny one, she packs a punch and in her 2,000m run she finished in 8:17 and finished just off the podium in 4th place in all of Guatemala! Ana lizeth is the youngest and newest the the team but possibly the most promising future due to her new found excitement and natural God given genes. She turned 13 during the competition and is still finding her way as to which she likes more long distance or short, I believe short. Jessica pictures and Carlos not pictured are older and compete in a different age group but both desire to compete at the highest level. The track team started because Jessica (pictured) pulled me aside and said, “Gavin I want to run track, I want to make something of myself and show people of this village that dreams come true, can you help me train I know you ran?” The goal is the track team isn’t to win medals as much as I would like, it’s to build relation in our team and one on one use sport and coaching to teach them about the word of God and how much he loves and desires them! More kids are interested in this new ministry should be exciting to see how it continues to grow. Pray for or training! We train not on a track but on rocks, no hurdles, no blocks, just will! Thanks for those that support dozier missions and made it possible to by them spikes and target gear to look good! Pray that they continue to improve and encounter Jesus every stride!
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