thru the calm and thru the storm

As I blogged earlier, two of our athletes were placed in foster care far away from their old school, apartment and friends. We miss them dearly and their teammates ask about them frequently. I was humbled when the social workers asked that I continue taking the kids to church on Wednesday nights while they are in foster care. After drug testing and live scans I was able to connect with the Foster Mom over the phone. Unfortunately, the home is more than an hour away from me so I will not be able to bring the kids to church on Wednesdays, but through our conversation I learned that this foster mom loves the Lord! She told me that she reads the Bible and prays with them every night before going to bed. How amazing! The God that they learned of through soccer and church with FCA is bigger! Other people know about Him too! How special is it that these boys, 8 & 10 years old are being fed spiritually in such an uncomfortable time. They are learning what it means that God never lets go of them, through the calm and through the storm. My prayer is that these boys remember the words in the songs they learned by heart last summer and cling to the Father!