A Quick Update and Prayer Requests

Hey everyone, well the coaching tour that I have been on is almost coming to a close this week. We are at are last and final stop in Bellevue Washington, and we are at our biggest camp yet...260+ Kids! It's great! It's been an incredible summer ( I will fill you all in on more details later) However, I just wanted to ask for your continued prayers, for the kids in the camp, as we are presenting the gospel tommorow, and also for me... As I type this email, I have a really sore throat, (I think a cold of some sort)...Which makes leading worship with the kids tough, as well as team worship in the morning... So your prayers are very much appreciated. Anyway, I best get to sleep here, big day tommorow. Much love, Matt

In the States, let the camps begin...

Hey everyone, in the world are you all doing?!!! I hope you are all doing exceptionally superb.  I would love to hear from you guys, so if you feel you have a few minutes to send me a message, it would be great to hear from any of you...  Anyway, things are really getting underway here in the States.  We have spent a week in coach training, just getting details and everything prepped for the camp week.  It was somewhat of a crazy week, as I discovered a group of about 15 Brazilians taking part in the coaching tour, didn't speak very much English... This turned out to be a problem, as the sessions are all in english... Therefore...Spanish being somewhat similar to portuguese, I ended up being the translator for a number of them, 6 hours a day... It was really a good opporutnity to brush up on my Spanish after not speaking it for a month, but it was also really tiring... All and all, I made it through that all, and we are now getting set for our first Summer camp...   It's been really neat, as all the coaches are housed with different church families throughout the week, and its an incredible opportunity, to just see how each family differs, as we try to encourage, and bless each family.  All that said, we are still in Cleveland, and there has been a slight change of plans with regards to my travel.. I am actually going to be running soccer camps in the Seattle/ Tacoma area, next week, and so I will be there for a few weeks.  I am really excited about these soccer camps, as I will be the M.C for each camp, as well as the worship leader.  So i am pretty stoked... So ya, all is well, its busy, but I am very excited to see God move, even amongst all the craziness. 

Love ya all, take care

write me if you have a chance,

Matt