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wife, mother,

fan, encourager,

comforter

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In the twenty-seven years my husband and I have been mar­

aj ried, he has been a coach. I have never been through a •' %

calendar year without an athletic season. You see, when

you are a coach's spouse, your calendar year is

“One of the

not defined by January, February, etc. It is more

best times I

like football season, soccer season, basketball sea­

had getting
son, and baseball season.

to know the

After much prayer, he decided to let coach­
men’s soccer

ing go in order to spend more time with the boys. guys was

He would say, "If I help every one of my players during our

grow up to be spiritual godly, young men and have tnP to Natal,

no spiritual impact in my own sons’ lives, my life Brazil. We

will count for nothing.” had an

Little did he know when he stepped away amazing

from Christian school ministry that the Lord time.

would direct him right back into his love of coach­ Josh Williams

ing with his own boys. He was able to spend valuable time

with them season after season. Through the Lord’s lead­

ing, he has done exactly what he had de­

sired to do as a father and as a coach.

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fo r a shot,

Henry Thompson takes long

strides before aiming to

score. He said, “I definitely

enjoyed Nationals the most

out of all the games we

played this year.”

o d g c w g Ives Opponent,

Josh Williams goes after the

ball. Playing their hearts out

was one of the things that

inspired and kept the team

in the game and helped

them succeed.

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