Charity Footy match

First, to all of you who were so annoyed that we still had the "edit-me" link on the site....sorry. Thank Gabe for lighting the fire under our rear. I just don't think about that sort of thing until someone mentions it. If any of you don't want your blog link up there then let me know and I will take it off.

Last Saturday Brandon played in a charity football match. The match is to raise money for cancer patients. There is a girl (Sarah) that used to go to the Geelong church who was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of breast cancer. She is 27 and they say she has only a few more months to live. She is married and has a daughter about the same age as Jolene. Please pray for her and her family. I can't imagine how hard it is for them right now. They are currently in Mexico seeking treatment, both natural and medical. They estimate that the cost is going to be upwards of $40,000. Everyone who played in the match paid. Also, that evening some ladies from church put together a concert in Sarah's honor to help raise money. With the money from the footy game and the concert, we were able to raise over $1600 for her. That doesn't seem like a big dent but every little bit counts.


So the footy match was good, Brandon's team lost but that is ok. There were only a few injuries (broken rib(s) and a swollen knee) but on Sunday all the guys seemed rather stiff. Everytime we stood up for a psalm you could look around and see the guys standing up very slowly :-)

Brandon received the "best on ground" medal. He said that he is going to melt it down and sell it to the pawn shop :-)


The concert was entertaining. There were several different families that preformed, including the Blackwoods.


In short it was a long day but a lot of fun.