Soccer Fellowship Report (30th July)

It was a lovely sunny day for Soccer Fellowship . The heat was not as intense as compared with the past sessions. By 3.15pm , 14 players arrived . John led in devotion , sharing about God’s patience with us , for He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. And we ought to live soberly , righteously and godly in the light of Christ’s return.

Darren, Joel and Michael listening to John's devotion

One of the last few photos of long-haired Rusydi

John sharing devotion

Multi-tasking: Listening to devotion & warming-up

We played 7 Whites and against 7 Colours with goal keepers, using only 3/4 of the field. Before the match commencement , we had to “warm up” by carrying the huge goal poles to mark the field area. Within 3 minutes into the game , Daniel opened the account for the Whites by sending a powerful long shot into the opponent’s net. Soon after , the pace of the game gained momentum . The Colours replied with an equalizer almost immediately. At ¾ time into the 1st half , Yi Jun arrived to join the Colours as the 8th player. The 1st half ended with a 4 -4 score.

Game resumed after 10 minutes rest . The 2nd half saw the Colours dominating possession and converting many goals. Must be the advantage of another strong player added as the 8th Colours against 7 Whites. The Whites were looking exhausted and disbelief that so many goals entered their net. This must be one of the many goals ever recorded in the many soccer sessions!
19 for the Colours and 10 for the Whites at the end of full time .

Sorry that this report is not able to record all the actions of how the enormous 29goals were scored . Just too much to remember. To do it requires a full-time reporter at the sideline . Nevertheless, we had a wonderful game and a great fellowship. John closed the session with a thanks giving prayer and a prayer for the boys who will be enlisted (Rusydi, Wei En and Marcus) into the army in the coming days.

Reported by: John Chia