Soccer Tournament

One of the fundamental principles of WGO’s philosophy of ministry is the raising of children in family units. One of the special aspects of this philosophy is the way in which family gets played out in church life. House parents are allowed the freedom to determine where the family will go to church, and the family participates in church life much as any biological family would participate. Our church, Ministerio La Fuente, recently organized a friendly soccer match with another church in the city, Union Church. The House of Timothy boys were very excited about this event and were counting down the days. It was great to see them play alongside other youth and adults in our church.

As it turned out, the organizer involved from Union Church participates in an orphanage ministry outside of town. He wanted to integrate the boys from the orphanage into the event, and what started as a friendly match became a tournament. He also arranged for the orphanage to provide the venue, as they have a good quality but small grass soccer field on their property. Unfortunately, we were forced to split up our rather formidable team into two teams in order to accommodate the smaller field and the need for two teams. We ended up having 4 matches, with our two MLF teams facing the orphanage and Union Church teams in the first round. In the second round, the winners played and the losers played. Union Church came in 4th place, the two MLF teams came in 2nd and 3rd, and the home team from the orphanage dominated both of their games for 1st place. Everyone had a great time, including the large number of fans who came out to cheer on their teams.

Here are some shots from the games:

Team Photo

Obed puts on his game face:Team MLF Red tightens up on defense:
Proof I played: