Sophomores Elizabeth and
Ashlyn Wynne, nursing majors, provided the recap from the ETBU Women's Soccer TAME trip to New Zealand.
"Today we visited Carey Bible College and were given the opportunity to take a tour and experience a class debrief. The professor asked us to talk about a high, a low, and what God has been doing in our lives in the last week. This was cool because it's a common thing we do as a soccer team, but doing it in a class was a good reminder that this is something we can do daily in our life and remind ourselves of God's presence and power. The school had a library that had a bunch of books regarding each book of the Bible and different theology topics. We thought it was one of the coolest things we had seen. The chapel service at the college had worship in three different languages, Swahili, Maori, and English, which was a very unique experience to be a part of and we then went straight to Papatoetoe High School where we got to interact with the students and host a soccer clinic. The school's staff members played a game against our staff members and a couple hundred kids flooded the fields to watch during their lunch break. During lunch, we interacted with students and passed out flyers for MCBC's big youth rally we will be attending and speaking at on Friday. We have been praying over the Rally and are hoping God works miracles in lives and floods the church with students. After the game everyone went back to 4th period class, which was soccer class period for the soccer girls. The girls met us in the staff lounge and got to sit through a white board lesson led by the coaches and players. The high school coach asked Coach Cox to teach on certain topics and then add her most important coaching points. It was challenging to give them the most important takeaways we have from soccer in only 30 minutes.
The team asked us to pray for their upcoming week long tournament because they are very anxious, as it will be most of the players first tournament and they are definitely the underdog. Following the soccer clinic, we went to fellowship more with the soccer team as they played a game against the other group traveling with us. During the game we interacted with the students watching and further spread the message about the MCBC youth rally!
Afterward we ate a quick dinner and traveled to the North Shore to play a game against Central United Club, a women's team that was relatively our age. They do not really have women's university soccer here, so they just play in 'social' clubs after high school. We had a ton of fun and won 2-0. To wrap up the day, we went to McDonald's (Maccas) and got to socialize with the team and ask them questions about life here in New Zealand. The Lord is moving in powerful ways here through this team and all around us. His goodness has been overwhelming! We can't wait to see what else the Lord has in store."
