Kim and Jeremy in Thailand

Did I mention that I'm coaching soccer now? Myself and Holly, another new teacher here, agreed to 'help' with the 13 & under girls' soccer team. We said help because we both had about the same amount of experience with soccer-none. I certainly don't know the rules, and the only time I've ever even played was on an intramural team at Wheaton composed entirely of computer science students. It started as a joke, since we figured we were about the least likely athletes around. We played for three semesters and never won a game (although we did muster up a few ties). My strategy was that since the other players were mostly guys twice my size, I'd run right at them, and they'd hesitate out of fear of hurting me (they were nice boys) for long enough for me to kick the ball out from under them. That was pretty much all I did. So I felt very unqualified to coach, but said I'd be willing to 'help'.

Well, somewhere along the way, our role morphed from helping with the 13 & under girls' team to coaching that team on our own and helping with the JV and varsity teams. The JV/varsity teams have two very good coaches, so our 'helping' there is really more of a tutoring situation, but at any rate, I am now a soccer coach. This definitively proves that God has a very funny sense of humor. There should be some really interesting stories coming from this one!