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Big Mac with Chadley
Every now and then, one of us at Ubuntu Football will take one of our Academy boys out for a meal. At 13 years old, what boy isn’t down to devour a Big Mac and coke at McDonald's? It gives us the opportunity to spend some quality time with our players and talk with them on levels that we don’t get to at practice.
This past Friday I took Chadley to McDonalds after school to grab a bite. Needless to say, he was excited. Big Mac, fries and a chocolate milkshake—does it get any better on a Friday afternoon after a long week of school?! He was surprised that I paid for it with my money though. So I just told him that I’m proud of him and believe in him and that I wanted to treat him to McDonalds. He’s one of our boys who has done the best at Silvermine Academy. I’ve got to say, the most exciting part of our time for me was the questions he asked me though. He asked things like, “Can people who’ve murdered someone else still be forgiven and go to Heaven?” and “Where is Heaven? Is it above the sky in space?” They were some pretty heavy, Christian questions that I didn’t expect our 13 year old Chadley to be wondering about. But he was.
For me it came as encouragement. That as we pray and invest into our Academy boys with our lives that they’re now asking bigger questions and wanting to know the answers to them. As they continue to grow in faith, maturity and age I hope we can always be there to continue to feed them as young men. That we would continue to pour into them to our best ability but that God would do exceedingly more in their lives than we’ll ever be capable of. And Chadley is really one of those boys. One of those boys who we believe is going to be a great, great man one day.
Kind regards,Austin
This past Friday I took Chadley to McDonalds after school to grab a bite. Needless to say, he was excited. Big Mac, fries and a chocolate milkshake—does it get any better on a Friday afternoon after a long week of school?! He was surprised that I paid for it with my money though. So I just told him that I’m proud of him and believe in him and that I wanted to treat him to McDonalds. He’s one of our boys who has done the best at Silvermine Academy. I’ve got to say, the most exciting part of our time for me was the questions he asked me though. He asked things like, “Can people who’ve murdered someone else still be forgiven and go to Heaven?” and “Where is Heaven? Is it above the sky in space?” They were some pretty heavy, Christian questions that I didn’t expect our 13 year old Chadley to be wondering about. But he was.
For me it came as encouragement. That as we pray and invest into our Academy boys with our lives that they’re now asking bigger questions and wanting to know the answers to them. As they continue to grow in faith, maturity and age I hope we can always be there to continue to feed them as young men. That we would continue to pour into them to our best ability but that God would do exceedingly more in their lives than we’ll ever be capable of. And Chadley is really one of those boys. One of those boys who we believe is going to be a great, great man one day.
Kind regards,Austin
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