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Team FCA

Hello guys! To those of you who don't know, I'm in Alexandria, Minnesota this summer interning with FCA Hockey. To the people who donated, thank you so much for supporting me in this journey this summer! To the people who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'll fill you in coming up and tap here to donate.
   So I've come into Minnesota May 20th to meet my billet family, and the guys who are interning along side with me. We set up our rooms and chat about our hockey and faith experiences and connected real quick.
    This week, we started most of the days with an ice session that was great! We as a group then sat down and talked about our duty's here, learning the facilities and worked on our testimonies. As Thursday came around, our first camp, Team FCA started. I was the coach on Gold team. We went over the message of the summer in Matthew 28:18-21.

    Then Jesus came to them and said,"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely O am with you always, to the very end of the Age."

   This last weekend was a great experience to be on the other side of the bench to be a leader and set the tone of the team. There were some bumps as the weekend went by but its a learning curve. I met some amazing kids this weekend from all over the World, heard testimonies that put more of a fire in my chest to keep Gods word moving. I even had my own brother, Mickey on my team which caused some brotherly love to be passed around. After all was set and done, I'm proud of what God has done through these boys, and continues to do in the time to come. I've learned to let God take control and speak through me, not to grip on to control and speak my words.
   The 4 days I spent with these young men were fun and testy, but they had a great time staying up till 1 AM, but a bad time waking up at 6:30. They all have a strong love for hockey and I pray that God leads them into His purpose for them in the years to come. That's all i got so far, keep up as their are many more fun things to tell about my summer interning at FCA Hockey.

 God Bless,
Ethan McKinley

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