Pray For Sis This Week!

She is starting her new gym tonight.  She's so nervous about it, especially because her friend there is still out of town and won't be back till Thursday's practice.  Tonight is a 3 hour practice.  Tomorrow is a 4 hour practice and Thursday is a 2 1/2 hour practice.  She also has practice for 2 hours on Mondays.  It's 11 1/2 hours of practice a week - and I thought 8 hrs/week was a lot!  She did move up to level 3 at this new gym which is why she's there so much.

Her friend is someone from school and church.  They met in Pre-K 4 and they are in the same class at church.  I know how much her presence calms Sis being in a new place.  She's on her own tonight and tomorrow.  I think she's excited but last night there were some tears because she was scared.  Every new experience is scary but thankfully when I dropped her off, she was smiles.  There is an older girl from her former gym who also use to go to her school before she quit to homeschool and spend more time in the gym.  Knowing her has helped calm her nerves too.

It's going to take time to get use to this new schedule and extra hours in the gym.  Please pray that she can handle the amount of time in the gym, get enough sleep, have enough time to get her homework completed so her grades don't slip, and that she forms new friendships with the girls on team.  I know there are a large number of girls on team who go to our church which means those kids come from families with the same values.  I'm hoping she forms some life long friendships.  The head coach at the new gym is incredible and I really like her coaching philosophy - probably because she reminds me of myself as a coach.  This gym is well organized and communicates well.  The coach and I were texting while I was in Disney last week.  She was super excited for Sis to join their team.  That fact alone helped Sis to feel more at ease.

Praying things go smoothly tonight...I'll keep you updated as the week continues.