A Team Together
Brittany Dozier is raising up future leaders in the girls she trains on a weekly basis in the soccer academy at El Faro. She not only invests in her players through the physical training of soccer, but she also is invested in their lives through her relationship with each one of the girls through movie nights, parties, house visits, and lots of social activities where they can have fun and also talk about the Bible. In July Brittany’s home church, One Church in Ohio, came down to serve in the ministries that Brittany and her husband Gavin are involved in. In addition they brought down suitcases full of clothing to give out to families in need that Brittany and Gavin work with. When the church left, Brittany still had a lot of donated clothing leftover and so she came up with an idea where she could get rid of the clothing and also bless the community through the soccer girls. Have a garage sale for her soccer team! Each girl brought Q5-10 (roughly $.75-$1.00) as a donation and then they had the opportunity to search through the clothing one by one until everything was gone. “Some girls brought exact change, some brought extra to give as a donation, and some even brought enough to cover a friend who wasn’t able to bring money. In total the girls raised Q190.00 ($25.00) and with that money they were able to buy food for a family in need.
The team traveled with Brittany to the store in the village to figure out how much things cost, do the math, and pay with the money they had raised. The following week they went together to the village of Baltimore where they were able to pray for a family, read the Bible, give them the food, and spend time with them. Overall, this experience went extremely considering it was the first time that many of the girls had ever done anything like this. They were shy and a little nervous, but now that they have experienced it they are hungry to do more. Brittany’s goal is to do something similar each month by dividing the girls into smaller groups to make the experience more intimate and personal.
This is just the beginning and now that the girls have this flame ignited within them to help their communities we are excited to see what they accomplish in their next outreaches. If you would like to support Brittany and the girls outreach projects please click HERE.
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