Yes it is spring break already and we have already had over 80 degree weather. It is beautiful in Elkhart! This week Lifeline is taking 25 high school boys camping in Kentucky. Many of them are basketball players, which is exciting for me. It is amazing how many of our kids don't even get outside of Elkhart and very few who have ever been camping before. This is a great opportunity to get the kids out of their environment so they can see life differently. They will also be challenged by the word of God, so you can be praying that God will really work in the lives of the young men that are a part of this trip. Sadly, I am not going with them. I am staying here so Jenna and I can hang out with our elementary kids. We are having hangout time and movie nights tonight and Wednesday night. It should be fun.
Soccer season is also starting up. I have never coached soccer before so this is a new experience for me, but I think it is going to be a lot of fun. It is a co-ed indoor league for kids 13-18. I have ten kids that are signed up so far: 8 boys and 2 girls. I am a little short on girls, but I am hoping that more will show up. But so far all of the kids on the team are Hispanic, expect for one, and they all know more about soccer than I do, but Junior, one of my basketball players, is helping me coach. I am excited to get to know some more of these kids.
Elementary Club as been going very well. After Christmas, I guess it is pretty common for numbers to drop some, but this has not been case this year. We have had some huge growth in the last month in our elementary club. Two weeks ago we had 6 new kids in one week and had a record 50 kids that week! So that has been very exciting to see. I am looking forward to this summer where we will be able to do a lot more things with the kids outside of our building. We will spend a lot of time at the pool, doing bbqs, and Jenna and I are hoping to be able to do 4-5 camping trips with kids. So you can pray that we can get a lot of good contact information for our kids in the summer. Summer can be a hard time to track down kids, especially with them moving or being sent to live with other family all over the state.
Tomorrow brings our third round of Stanton visitors! Jonathan and Christy came the first weekend of March, Josh came two weeks after that, and tomorrow Gary and Donna Mae arrive! We are feeling pretty blessed to have our family see and experience what we are doing here in Indiana. We will be headed down to Oklahoma on Thursday to visit Mamaw and the rest of the extended Stanton family for Easter. So excited to see Gary and Donna Mae!
Thank you for reading our blog and for being faithful supporters in prayer and financially. We at Lifeline really appreciate all that you do, even though some of you may not be here in Indiana experiencing it. God bless! Caleb and Jenna
