Many of you know that Sara was a cheerleading coach at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy for 9 years. Her role as a coach was so important to us when we began our ministry in Xenia that we made sacrifices in order to make it possible for her to continue to coach. I had no idea how influential that decision would be on our new ministry with Back 2 Back. Two parents of Sara's former cheerleaders are on the board of directors with Back 2 Back and last week the influence of her mentorship took a deeper turn than I could have imagined. We were completing our student leadership interviews when one of the interviewees shared that she and a friend wanted to start an impact group targeting their gymnastics team. I knew this student trained at a gym that was run by one of the parents from CHCA and so I asked who she had in mind as a mentor. To my amazement she shared the name of one of the girls that Sara mentored most heavily during her years at CHCA. So, long story short, Sara mentored a cheerleader a few years ago, that cheerleader went to Nigeria with Back 2 Back last summer and felt called to partner missions and gymnastics, and last Friday I called her up to mentor a student leading an IMPACT group that targeted gymnasts in the hope of impacting the girls in our Mexico mission this summer. It reminded me of a time when God prompted me to ask a freshman trumpet player to take up the drums.....Road Signs.
One other Road Sign....Record numbers have signed up for the BSCC High School Retreat again. I can't wait to see what God has in store for us as we continue to make Him our 1 desire.
