Our goal is to establish a junior football team here in Kanthararom. It is difficult at times due to a lot off factors that are playing a role. We are patiently waiting on God to show us who we must add to the team and who not. It sounds strange - even to us, but we have to be obedient to God's calling on this.
Sky (his nickname) is our latest addition to the team. Sky is 8 years old and he enjoyed his first football academy experience very much. It was the first time ever that his parents allowed him to go with "someone else" without them being present or so. That alone is a huge step and breakthrough in relationship building and trust.
Our team is not fully operational yet in the sense that we can enter tournaments but we have patience on this. We need 4 more students to complete our team and we know God will give us the right kids in time.
Obviously we treat the boys to a nice meal afterwards. The only thing they want to eat is "steak" - remember in Thailand chicken steak and pork steak is their referral to "stake". For these kids, this is something they never eat - meat. They are used to rice soup or plain sticky rice with a dip souse or so. So when you put a chicken steak or a pork steak with french fries in front of them . . . it is like heaven for them.
