19th of June
On Friday last week we drove over to Leeds to play our first proper 11-a-side match against the Yorkshire Christian league IX. Unfortunately, some of the better players from the league were unable to make it to the match, and we fairly easily ran through them 5 - 0. The next day we helped the Yorkshire Christian league put on their end of season tournament. It was a 7-a-side tournament, so in the morning we helped them set up goals and cone off the pitches and throughout the day we played in the tournament as a team and officiated the matches. During our break for lunch Josh Kimble (sorry Josh if I misspelled your last name) shared his testimony and the gospel and was followed by Josh Walshe who gave another message and reiterated what Kimble had to say. It was a great opportunity to share the gospel with 150 men from 20 to 50 years of age since few of the them are Christians, even though it is a Christian league in name. Many of the teams are affiliated with churches in Yorkshire, so for those men who did take the message to heart, they have some where to continue their search for answers. On Sunday we attended Mosaic Church in Leeds, which would resemble many modern independent churches in the US. The main point of encouragement from this church was the sincerity that could be seen by much of the congregations who truly enjoyed being there. Overall, our first UK tour went well, and despite a few problems with tearing down the goals, it was a good preliminary to this coming weeks tour.
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