Madras Eagles 6 - YMSC 0

My first goal and my first win as a player here. For those of you following the results that now means the Eagles have p 3 w 2 d 1 l 0 for 12 ag 0. Not a bad start to the season. It would have been better if we could of finished last game but with 5 different scorers yesterday it seems like the players are starting to get used to playing with and around me. It was great to get on the score sheet myself with the second goal and the rest of the team were really excited for me. I'm still getting fouled in a range of amazing and unpunished ways but it doesn't hurt so much when you're winning.

I should of had a couple more goals but the one that really frustrated me was when I broke the off side trap at half way, ran towards goal before looking up and seeing the keeper had come out of his box. I hit what I still think was one of the sweetest lobs I have done just to watch the keeper jump up and grab the ball at full stretch. What made the blatant foul more frustrating was the fact that the keeper was almost 3 metres out of his box and yet only received a yellow card. I was so ready to celebrate one of my best goals ever. Though it's hard to get too disappointed as I went on to set up a couple more goals to round out the scoring.

On top of scoring what was most pleasing was the fact that I was able to stay on and keep contributing right to the final whistle despite the heat. Due to the crazy schedule we now have until the 2 January to recover before our next game so hopefully a few of the players who've picked up knocks will be able to recover.

More importantly though we are praying that the players will think seriously about Christianity over the Christmas period. After the game Robin shared about the opportunity the new year brought to get serious and get things right with God and then each of the players was given a Christmas card that also contains a DVD about who Jesus is. Please pray that God can continue to use me and the Christians involved in this team to bless those non-Christians He has brought to us.