The last couple months have been packed with goodness concerning Chloe and what you have in store for her and the Sandoval House. I'm getting overwhelmed when I think about how to write it all on this blog. In April the Sandoval family was blessed with a unique gift. Chloe and her 5th grade class were scheduled to go on a 5 daytrip with her classmates. The trip cost was a little out of our budget for the Sandoval Family and in all truth we really do not like her to be away from us. I think both Paul and I agree that the thought of her being so far away from us. (8hours away) and having to pay for it when we don't have the money, We feel sick to our stomach. Well April came around and we were ready to spend our week with Chloe staying home w/ us when we got a phonecall for Chloe... Someone or a group or I don't know the specifics....anyways the bottom line a free trip was offered to her... Now in the past at my old job I have witnessed things like this many times before. I truly know that for some families that God has blessed them w/ money it seems that some families are blessed to have money coming out thier ears. Anyways I truly cannot figure out how this came about but it happened to US. Never thought that something like that would happen. Call Me prideful or anything else but I had soooo many emotions.. And sorting them all out this is what I came up w/ 1. God wanted Chloe there
2. We have been overwhelmingly blessed
3. There are truly good people out there that we can call our family of God.
4. I pray with all my heart to listen when God asks me to bless someone as they did and be obediant.
5. I'm always clinging to my little ones with clenched hands I have to let go and lift them up to God.
So in the end she went and she was blessed. There was a peace. Lord you are Good and you keep on giving...
Needless to say Gods blessings did not stop there..
Chloe has had her best year in softball yet, a good respectable coach, an awesome bunch of well rounded girls, and Chloe just grew w/ enthusiasm, talent and skill. Just when I was getting to worry if she is ready to take this sport head on seriously, she grew and she has shown a love for the game. The season was going well The girls have been teetering with good games and bad ones. As our season was coming to a close we were running into trials. Girls leaving for trips, coaches not commicating and of coarse an occasional slumps for some of the girls, Chloe being in one of them. Just as we were calling our season to an end things started to change we/them the team was gaining back thier momentum. As we have recently spent some time watching some family movies there are two that spoke to us. The Blind Side and we rewatched Facing the Giants.. These true story movies reminded us how Gods uses sports to glorify him and make miracles happen. Last Wednesday Chloe's team beat an undefeated team that brought us into the Championship to play for first place. We went from 4th/5th place to 2nd and/or possibly 1st ( w Gods help of coarse ) The results are to be seen this coming week. But back to Wednesday.. The Gators w/ Gods Help suprised everyone even themselves. This will be a season to remember. As we prepare for this game coming up this week we know that we have truly already won. The Lord has blessed Chloe and I hope this will be a year she will remember and just to think we are barely in the 5th month. Lord I pray you continue to work miracles in the Sandoval House and to our friends and families around us. I pray that both of these events will hugely make an imprint on Chloes heart as she grows closer to you and she will remember that we serve a big God who is all knowing, all powerful and all loving in all things.........So as a qoute from Facing the Giants " I am overwhelmed"
