Jun. 29, 2009 - I think that this is the final entry about this subject
I spoke to my friend who told me that her daughter was benched in high school for four years and ended up getting a soccer scholarship. Her daughter gave glory to God no matter what. Her attitude was she would be the best bench warmer if that all she would do as long as God got the glory.
Well, my son, my husband, and I sat down and prayed together. We all realized that it was our pride that was hurt this weekend. This program is soccer select. It is a much more competitive level than travel, but less than club soccer. So, we told him that maybe this experience will give him more compassion on other children that are benched or maybe he will learn something new or meet new friends. We recognized the fact that God is the person who needed to our focus and attention.
During the middle of our prayer, my husband came up with this scripture found in Romans 8:28, "
of those who love him,
who have been called according to his purpose."So, we decided that my son should say this scripture while he is on the bench.
Unfortunately, we realize that in the summer select soccer teams, it is all about the winning. They are only interested in playing the best players.
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Jun. 29, 2009 - The Ending Weekend
"Why did they say they wanted me and then not play me?" My son crying hysterically 
in the dark last night. The experience devastated my husband. I told him that a friend said that it is not just about the tournaments. She told me that it could be a learning experience for my son. My husband explained that another mother (who's son was also benched) was straight told that this program was all about the tournaments.
You have to understand. My son has never warmed the bench before. This is a blow. The thought of leaving soccer, my son contemplated that idea this weekend too. He exclaimed that he did not want to have anything to do with soccer over the summer. So, we are looking into tennis.
It is early in the morning. I should be doing things for my ministry and I am dealing with this situation instead. Another blow!
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Jun. 28, 2009 - My Son's Soccer Summer Select
My younger son is in this soccer summer select program called European Soccer Academy. Oh! This weekend was awful. I am crying!!!! My son spent all week at this camp. Then, they went to tournaments all weekend and the coach hardly played him. My son is so discouraged. 
Why did his travel coach say that he was good and that they needed people on the team? My son may have lost interest in soccer.
The tournaments consist of 20 minute halves. The coach played only their best players and my son was benched. He played 4 minutes in one game. He was put in and put out in a second game. The third game was the same as the third. Then, that was it. The fourth game, the coach never played him. My husband thinks that we should ask for our money back. He said that he did not pay all this money for his son to be benched. The coach said to me on Saturday that it is hard to play 12 players with only 20 minutes.
I will not do this again. People anyone who reads this blog. Know that I am so uncertained as to what to do about this. Should we drop out and ask for our money back or should we have my son still go to the weekly practices?
I will write more about this later. Just pray for me!
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Jun. 26, 2009 - My Weekly Report
My Sixth Grader
We are currently doing Classical Writing Homer, Primary Mathematics 6A, Challenging Word Problems 5, Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents, Building Thinking Skills Vol. 3 Verbal, Story of the World Vol.2, Our Island Story, Latina Christiana II, Exploring Creation through Botany, and Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
The exciting piece is my son finished reading Tom Sawyer. He started reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. He completed lesson 20 of Latina Christiana. He finished reading Exploring Creation through Botany. I will wait until the fall to start our science because the FIRST Lego League season will force us to do their science. I am OK with that idea.
My Third Grader
We are doing Prima Latina, First Language Lessons 3, Primary Mathematics 3A, Challenging Word Problems 2, Story of the World Vol.2, Exploring Creation through Botany, and the Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.
He is almost done with Exploring Creation through Botany.
He completed Prima Latina! He is happy. He still has a way to go before he completes the Silver Chair.
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Jun. 24, 2009 - My Insane Summer
Now, my summer just got insane. My younger son is in club soccer for the summer. I cannot believe this! It all started off that we were just suppose to do summer school. I wanted to advance my older son and tutor my younger son because he needed more help.
My son's travel coach basically got my younger son into a club program. My son is on club team. They travel to Pennsylvania to do tournaments. It just so happens that the tournament is in the town that my old college roommate lives in. I am so excited about that. I will get to see my old girlfriend and my son will be at the tournaments. This program will be until the end of July.
We do summer school in the sun. My younger son is kicking around a soccer ball while we do First Language Lessons. They are reading Story of the World Vol. 2 with Our Island Story. They are finishing Exploring Creation with Botany. We just planted a garden. Let's see if we get anything. Last month, we grew butterflies. This month, it's potatoes.
I hope that I can survive.
Pray for me and my son's crazy summer schedule now!!! We are doing school and club soccer and I have a ministry that I am running next weekend for Fourth of July. AAAAAA!
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