Latest / 307 Faithful / Impact of Coaches-FCA Sports Camp-Part 1

Transcript

Impact of Coaches-FCA Sports Camp-Part 1 · 307 Faithful

• Devin Davis: Hey everybody, welcome back to the 307 Faithful Podcast. it's been a while since we had an episode. so hopefully everybody was chomping at the bit. we've had a lot of great guests on, and in the past we had we've we had a kid. I want to t shout out to Rigan Pierce. First of all, Regan was on a few weeks ago. He's a high school bull rider from Sheridan, and he qualified for national finals. And I know that was one of his Big goals. So shout out to to Rigan. Also just prayers for his family. Everyone in if you know the Pierce family, you know what they're going through. And that's all I want to share is please be praying for them. great family. We've also had on John Michael Gillenborg, who is he signed an undrafted free agent contract with his hometown Kansas City Chiefs. And so he's in Kansas City and gets to pray pr play. with Patrick Mahomes. And so we've just had a lot of great guests on. But we keep having these firsts. and today is another first, as you can see to my right, we have an in-person guest for the very, very first time. And so that's kind of exciting. Still the same studio, but we're gonna just chat here and and I'll tell you kind of the idea that I had and the purpose of today's podcast. So for you those don't know, this is Coach Bo Sheets. Bo coaches at Riverton High School and he's got five kids, correct? That's correct. and so Bo's been around sporting events as an athlete and now as a coach for a long, long time. So going back to kind of the the early days in in high school and then in college, tell us your your athletic background before we jump into your coaching experience. No, yeah, I appreciate that and thanks for having me on. Those are those are big shoes to fill. So yeah. y I I think like a lot of the the guests that you've had on, sports are always a big part of my life. you know, I I just enjoyed competing and the camaraderie of of having team sports and even individual sports. It was always something that I just enjoyed as a kid, loved watching you know, the the famous people on TV, loved watching the high school guys who were in front of me when I was in middle school. And then when you get the chance to do it kind of for real, th there's nothing better than, you know, Friday Night Lights or March Madness and then you know, even State Track. so there's there's just those events that are hard to beat, especially from the high school level. And so I I grew up in in western Kansas and I played all the sports, mainly football, basketball, baseball, track were were kind of my main sports. and then I was fortunate to to go on to play football and basketball at Shattern State College. So that was kind of where where I got connected to a lot of folks in Wyoming. you know, It's weird in Kansas, most people go to school either left or right. They go east or west and not too many go north or south. So to go north up into Nebraska and and play with you know, a lot of the Wyoming and Nebraska guys, it was so much fun to to get to be part of those teams. what were kind of like the more local colleges in Kansas that your friends or other athletes would attend? Yeah. So there's there's a whole bunch of colleges in Kansas. the main ones, the Division Ones are Kansas and K State. I always grew up a a Jayhawks fan. but then we had a whole bunch of division two colleges and there's an NAIA a couple conferences for NAIA and then junior colleges. So there's a lot of options. you know, being out in western Kansas, it's kind of like Wyoming. It's very rural. And doesn't get quite the respect you talk about Kansas City, that's that's where the the big metro areas are. And you know, we're about as far from there as you could be still being the state. Yeah, yeah. So how in the world did you get recruited to Shadron State from Kansas? It's it's amazing how things work. And we had a a new football coach come in that had connections to Shadow and State. So you know, my senior year we we weren't very good. Going into my senior year and even debated not on not even playing football to focus on basketball. And we got a new coach in, threw the ball a lot. I was a receiver and it was fun to catch the ball and score touchdowns and all that. So had a really good senior year and like I said, got to be privileged enough to go play football and basketball at Shadron. How did things it it was I would say unbeatable because, you know, the the team aspect and and getting to be part of you know, a competitive team. We won our the RMAC four years while I was there. it was kind of right before Danny Woodhead, but it was after Don BB. So it was kind of in that era of having some good NFL guys and like I said, we we had really good competitive teams with a lot of teams, everybody redshirted, everybody got to know the systems and then you know, played for some excellent coaches and got to be part of part of those teams that you make those lifetime friends that you still, you know, go to their weddings, you know, seeing their kids grow up now. So we've got some some of us players, like I played with Coach Long, who's the head coach now, and so to get to see the next generation, like our boys getting to go and play there and some of my friends' boys go play there, it's it's pretty fun. as as Coach Sheets just alluded to, he'll have two sons playing for the Eagles next fall, Ty and Clay. And Ty will be academic wise a junior. Yeah, he'll actually graduate in December, but he'll be eligibility wise a sophomore. Okay. And then Clay just graduated and will Be starting at Shattering State. what were your I mean, your long term goals we're we're here because you're coaching and we know that part. Was it being a coach? Was it being an educator? Yeah, as a as an eighteen year old kid, I don't think you think too long term, right? You're just always thinking about kind of that next that next season and kind of what's coming up. I actually went in as an engineer and so I was a dual major for math and physics, but having key coaches and mentors i it impacted me and so I chose to to kind of switch at the end and become a teacher and a coach. So that was that was kind of what impacted me was having those guys that really made an impact. So yeah. Yeah. And wanted to do the same thing from there on out. Yeah. Well it's it's funny how you if you want to hear God laugh, just tell him your plans, right? And so after After college, Tara and I both went back to kind of our hometown in western Kansas in Colby and I was coaching and teaching there. I was actually the head basketball coach at Colby and I was the head football coach at a little school that was seventeen miles away. It was called Brewster. So I was coaching football at one school and then coaching basketball at the other. and we did that up until two thousand nine and then we moved out to Fremont County to to teach and coach out here. Did you have people out here that were recruiting you or that you were connecting with. Well, it's it's kind of funny. Coach Rhodes at Douglas, we'd went to a a camp, it was actually at Shattering and he talked about he was he was leaving Nebraska to co coach at Douglas and was talking about how Wyoming had had just started paying teachers really well. And that was kind of the first connection that that we had to start looking at Wyoming. And then my sister and her husband moved out here and We came out and visited a few times and fell in love with the the people on the mountains and everything that you know, the area has So you started at Wind River? I did, yep. Yeah. Tell tell me about kind of those early coaching days. Yeah. So so I got to follow Coach Quail a couple of times. So Coach Quail was the head basketball coach out there. And then when we moved to to Wind River to Pavilion, then I took over the basketball position for Coach Quail and did that for two years and then moved into Riverton and kind of followed Coach Quail again. So it's been kind of fun to have that that connection to to his programs and his staff. Coach Sheets has been part of our coach's Bible study here. I was probably one of the first people that I met here and has been involved with FCA and volunteered in that aspect before I even got here. So we had a lot of really awesome connections, but coaching wise now you do volunteer for coach Linhart's staff. So it's it's the best position in the world just because you know, you get to help when when it's going well. And if if it's not going well, then he can't fire you because he never actually hired you. So it's been fun to coach with. Coach Linhart and and his staff. They've done a great job here and to see see the the football program get turned back around. you know, we we did have a good run kind of I cause I used to be on staff officially with the football team and was the offensive coordinator for a while and then kind of gave that up to take over the basketball program. So it's been fun to help Coach Linhart. So now th how many years have you been the head guys basketball coach? Yeah, so I took over in two thousand seventeen. that was my first year as the head coach and I'd helped since 2011 with like I said, Coach Quail was the head coach, just thinking about now. kind of with FCA fellowship with Christian athletes, being a follower of Christ in general. so many say I was raised in a Christian home, but man, that changes a lot. That's the one thing is, you know, as coaches, and you're going through as a college athlete, most coaches are, just faint you know, facing a lot of the things that go on in college and everything. So where's that journey kind of been at and brought you to the point you're at right now? I would say people that have been on the show. It's grew up in a good Christian Christian home. You know, we went to church all the time. I did give my life to the Lord. Gosh, I was probably six or eight years old. I remember that vividly. But then as you get into kind of high school and it it's more about the sports and kind of proving trying to prove yourself to to those around you than it is trying to glorify God. And so that's that's something looking back on, I wish I would have had that that mentality more as a high school kid. Yeah. but I w I didn't. And then going to college, got to meet some really good friends that were persistent in asking me to come to, you know, a Bible study in a in a group that I kept putting them off and saying I was too busy and finally they said they were going on a ski trip and I said that sounds like fun. So I went to a ski trip and I got to meet some of some of our best friends that are we still have relationships with because of the ski trip and I want to go have fun. So and then we got involved in campus crusade. We actually brought that to to Shadron through Craig Doring just showed up and we started campus crusade at Shadron and then We had an athlete's in action that we had a a mentor from Wisconsin of all places that would call weekly. And so it it didn't become real to me till I was in college. And then all those seeds that have been planted by a lot of people, you know, they'd been watered and and covered with soil and all the good things that you can think about, kind of started to grow and then became my my faith, not my my parents or the churches. I think the hardest part in you know, Paxton Yates and and just talking to Paxton and preparing to go to college and and play college, I mean college in general, college football, college sports. I mean, there's a there's a lot of questionable influences. Sure. did you, you know, did you ha struggle with that at all while you're at Shadron and and kind of how did you handle that? Yeah, I think at first, like that first year it was it was definitely trying to to fit in. Again, trying to prove yourself to to those around you, but then, you know, you kind of start to see what's real and what's genuine, you know, with with the people you're hanging out with, and that that proved to be, you know, kind of not worrying about what everyone else is doing and and having that true relationship with Christ was to me is the difference that yeah, kind of it it didn't seem like those influences really had an impact anymore. Did you play or were you around? Do you know Jason Funk? I think Jason was done right before I got there. So I've heard of heard of Jason and heard stories, but no, he was done right before I got there. Yeah, I mean that's a crazy story is like if you go to Shattering State, you know, or the about the funk house. that's true. You know, I think anybody says the funk house, and that was the the party place when he was on campus and just just nonstop. And the crazy thing I think is you start to really understand what Jesus did in your life and how he impacted you and and the and the and the promise that we have, the eternal life and I mean it j it's just crazy. It changes everything and Jason Funk is a an example of that. Like now he's a pastor. That's and his o has his own church. in in rushville and so you know god god works in amazing ways as as you know and and at different times in our lives too really you know so i only know jason you know i know him i met him got to know him really well when when i lived there and i i knew jason as as a solid follower of christ and filled in at his church couple of times when he couldn't make it. And then I started hearing the the funk house stories and I was like, wow, you know, I mean, that's a guy that did a 180 what when he came to Christ. and then you went into coaching and and you were a committed follower of Jesus in college. how has that impacted your coaching and and as you know that's now that you've been coaching for a while, I mean, just how has that impacted and and continues to impact you as a as a Christian coach? Sure. And I I think there's always ways we can improve. So I mean as whether we're athletes or fathers or husbands or or workers, you know, we fall short short of the glory every day. And so as a coach, that's something in the competitive, you know, kind of nature of it. is is you do have those those successes, but you also kind of have those shortcomings. And so it's it's kind of nice to be able to go back and and kind of tell your players, hey, we didn't handle this right, but next time we're gonna, we're gonna, you know, continue to strive for that. And and I think as a dad you can do that. As a husband you can do that. And so, you know, to see that impact, I think right when you're first coaching, you're worried about winning games and winning conference titles and striving for state championships and seeing who's all state and all conference and who's playing at the next level. And as you kind of see your players grow and you could grow, it it becomes I mean it's still important, don't get me wrong. We we're still want to win. but you kind of see the players for who they are and the and for us that are coaching the guys, you know, the the men that they're going to become. And you know, we've kind of had some some hard times lately. Like one of my first years coaching here at Riverton football, we had one of our players pass away in the last few weeks. So, you know, it kind of puts that perspective on it and having that eternal perspective changes things. And I think we kind of start to see the long term. Yeah. but again, we're I'm still not perfect. I still get still get into the games and you know, you want to win them and you're competitive. And that's and I think that's the struggle you with with all the coaches that that I'm yeah have a relationship with is like that's that's a hard line really, isn't it right? Is to have to have that your passion to to compete. Yep. and and you have that responsibility but not making it who you are. Yeah. It's hard. I think that I I don't know if it w works or not is like just keeping your eyes on Jesus. Yep. and and knowing that that that's your job every day is to reflect him in whether you're a husband or a coach or a teacher or whatever it is. But that that's easier said than done. right now times have changed really. We're You know, before I'd I wouldn't have told you if I knew any of my coaches were Christians. Yeah. and I but I mean they were all good guys. Right. You know, for sure. I was blessed to have a lot of good coaches, but but now we can directly see the impact that you have as as a coach. you have to develop quality young men. I think those two kind of go hand in hand. I mean, and to give a credit to to you and FCA because when we can kind of guide the players into a chapel service or FCA meeting and they see that we're involved, but yet we're not the ones just up there given the lesson every week or or given kind of the direction as much as as other kind of players and volunteers and and leaders like yourself. I think it has helped a bunch just to see that kind of other side of it and it's not just at practice where things are stressful and you gotta get things done and yeah, you know, and then into the games. I don't know if we've ever been been been at a better time for kind of sports and players sharing their faith and people being open to it. Yeah. You know, I remember how much like Tim Tebow, what he went through, he either loved him or hated him. And that was very divisive at times, but now a lot of the players are able to share their faith and I think it helps the younger guys. Yeah, yeah, I I think just seeing there's something way greater than high school basketball, you know. they're they'll remember that for the rest of their lives. I always tell folks I loved my high school football team. We stunk. I I I just loved it. you're not everybody is gonna go play college. Correct. And but everybody is gonna be be a man. Yep. And most people are gonna be married. Most guys are and most guys are gonna have kids. and so those skills then translate in into that those lessons I should say really. having two young men who are athletes, and and how that's impacted or influenced them as well. I Yeah, and and and we've heard a number of coaches talk about that, you know, the success of our teams won't be we won't know it for another ten years, right? When when we get see what those those athletes have turned into down the road. And so that's Having that perspective is good and it's it's hard to have that each day in practice and in games, but you know, finding that ability to kind of impact you know the long term and the eternity is I think it's the goal. Yeah, exactly. Right. And I and I always think the misconception, you know, always is that for some reason when we talk about Christian things, that that means soft. Yeah. we can't have any aggression. And I think that's about the farthest from untrue. Right. I mean, you know, your kids who are sold out Christians should be the ones that are competing the hardest. Yep. From the from the the first whistle to the last whistle because I tie it back to, you know, whatever you do, do with all of your heart is working for the Lord, not for men. It says whatever you do. that doesn't just mean whatever you do in church or whatever you do reading your Bible. It means whatever you do on the football field or the basketball court, yeah, or as an employee, right? I mean, you look at the warriors in the Bible, you know, you you look at Daniel, like all those guys were just stood up for their faith, no matter. what pressure they were facing. I think one thing the athletes struggle with the most is is just fearing, you know, that that failure part, you know, where they they're scared to mess up. And when we have our confidence in Christ, if that's where our true confidence comes from, you can play free. Yeah. And you watch the athletes that can play free and and aren't scared to take that last shot. Yeah. They aren't scared to do the hard thing in the crunch time or they aren't scared to do you know something that doesn't give them recognition because that's where their confidence is at. And and so I think when when teams can recognize that that they don't care who gets their recognition, it's really big. But then when athletes can put their confidence in the ultimate, you know, victory, it's weird how when you let go you can play so much better. Yeah, isn't that isn't that crazy. you didn't play with you played without fear, without abandon and you lost. Hey, I I mean, I don't feel bad at all. You know, I I invested everything that I have and it just wasn't the day or whatever it might be. I think that really is true with wrestling big time too. I mean, I bring everything back to wrestling, but You know, the more afraid you wrestle, the more like you're gonna gonna lose. And the top level wrestlers in the in the world are the ones that kind of don't care. Yeah. You know, they just let it all out when they go out on the mat. we're just blessed. for those who don't know, I've mentioned it several times. We have FCA All Sports Camp coming up at the University of Wyoming starting coaches report tomorrow. And athletes show up on Wednesday and and we go through Saturday. we have almost 700 athletes signed up. which is just incredible. it's crazy how many staff volunteers it takes to run the camp. and for those if you haven't been to sports camp, we have we try to have college athletes come in and act as huddle leaders and we break the the the high school and middle school athletes up into small groups called huddles and we assign a huddle leader to each one of those huddles. And then within the sport, we have anywhere from, you know, two or three coaches to six or eight coaches. so if you add up all the volunteers and spouses that go or kids that go, I mean we're looking at about 900 people at this camp. Wow isn't that just crazy? yeah Colorado canceled their FCA camp because they didn't have numbers. Wow. So you should toot your own horn or the collective horn because that's that's amazing. It's great job by the FCA staff in Wyoming and the coaches in Wyoming to do a great job of of recruiting. So I'm just super excited about that. I heard they've been trying to get you to go for years. So it wasn't me, but we we finally talked Coach Sheets into to volunteering and he's gonna be one of the basketball coaches this year at sports camp. his wife Tara gets to go along and she'll be part of the spouse's Bible study. he has two daughters, middle school daughters, Kennedy and Carson that will be athletes in the basketball program. So he's all in on this, right? but but why did you think it was time to go? Well, and we've wanted to go in the past. it just it's hard on the in the summer and and everybody that has kids and schedules, I mean, you know how it is trying to squeeze things in. So we were glad that it It finally just worked out this summer. it was just something that God's placed on our heart as a family as well. this year it was just it was finally kind of that that right timing that fit for us. You know, Ty and Clay got into high school. I mean, you have high school football camps that you're going to, and you have high school basketball camps that you're going to. and so now you have two daughters that are in middle school. Yep. And they're not quite involved with all that high school stuff yet. So it it gave you kind of a little opening, a window of time to to come and and participate. What are you looking forward to the to the the the most for this being your first camp. When I I think I feel kinda like a kid going to camp because I haven't been there before. It's hard to know what to expect. And so hearing hearing the numbers of campers and you know volunteers and coaches and all that's exciting. But I I think it's just to see the impact that that the camp has on the kids and the coaches and and everyone is you know you're you're there for a week to focus on sports, but you're also focused on your your walk with the Lord and and how to how do you blend those together and do it do it kind of authentically, you know, without without feeling like you're preaching to someone else or to feel like you're you're ignoring kind of your God given talents. So just that impact. I'm I'm excited to see you know when when you're around other like minded people who are motivated, it impacts you in a big way. we tend to be focused on the the campers. and that's a huge one. But man, it's it's awesome to to see how the coaches grow and are challenged, like you said, to really be able to connect with other coaches around the state and g get guidance, get advice, yep, encouragement. there's a coach's study every morning at six thirty, Ernie Mecca. No, Ernie's amazing. Yeah, you know Ernie. And Ernie we'll we'll get a big group of coaches together and kind of do what we do with the Bible study and go through that. And it's just neat to hear everybody else's voice f around the state and the different sports and everything like that. So I think the coaches probably get as much or more sometimes than the kids do. And you know, the funny part is usually once a coach goes, I mean it you don't really even have to hardly ask. Again, you know, so that's that's a really neat part too. Is there anything like in your mind that you would say you kinda are are nervous about I think everyone that is in a position of leadership, you know, whether it's your faith or coaching, you always have kind of those doubts of having the correct answers, you know, like you know, I think the devil plants seeds in our in our minds about you have to have all the correct answers all the time in order to do it. And so kind of going in, you know, you have those just little little pieces of doubt that you don't I don't have scripture memorized like I wish I did, you know, for different situations. I'm always amazed at people that have that ability to bring up scripture in the right moment. So for me it's just kind of having that that grace, that confidence of, you know, being there, coaching, you know, that's that's enough. God will provide, you know, And it's like Christ has already proven everything that we need. Yeah. Yep. And I and I I think it's a really neat theme too be for for athletes because with your coaching, I think it'll be pretty amazing to be able to connect kids. That's what I see a lot now that I've been going is like, he was at FCA camp. You know, and and he'll see you as a as a coach and say, you know, he coached me at FCA camp. And so those connections are pretty, pretty awesome. I think the one of the best parts, and I I I almost guarantee Kennedy and Carson will love it is the the worship band at nighttime. So we at the arts and science auditorium, and it's it's two levels, right? Coaches set up above and all the athletes in the huddle sta set down below and fill up the the bottom and you just so when the band plays see all those kids middle school high school stand up in in praise and just sing their hearts out and man it gives you goosebumps it does me right now you know but I think they'll they'll absolutely love that but they'll love the conversations with their huddle leaders and as as we talked before we have several huddle leaders heading there from from Riverton. and and it's kinda like you said, it's kind of neat to see kids that you've invested in just continue to to grow in that. So it'll be a it'll be an awesome week. the one thing I I'm thankful for is that we aren't huddle leaders because they're they work harder than anybody. Like yeah you know us geezers have bedtime and you know, and so it's those guys that but they're they're the ones who are asked the hard questions. Yeah, you know, and so they're there actually, you probably knew that they're there today. and so they have training with JC Navarro and Stacey Frude on preparing them for kind of those hard questions. And I mean, I think they find out a lot of things that they probably wish they didn't sure know, but they're a huge part of it. You know, from a middle school and high school perspective, you want to hear from those just in front of you. You don't want to hear from those your parents' age. You know, you want to hear those that have done it, they're in college, they're you know, they've been successful at it and kind of made it through it. And so I I think that's that's a big impact the huddle leaders be there to answer those questions. And and the biggest impact I would I would bet comes from from the kids who are brave enough to ask the tough questions. it's always pretty amazing to hear the the Huddle leaders. They always at at the very end of the day, they all gather up and they just s sit and have a decompression time, basically. So so you know, to to be able to say, man, that you know, this kid asked me this. How how should I respond? Or because we don't know everything, you know. It amazes me, guys that do can answer that. But so that that's a really cool thing that goes on this week. I mean, as athletes, that that's our purpose. When when you're coaching, you know, you're gonna see some good athletes and you're see gonna see some kids that maybe don't have a lot of athletic skill. we're in sports. Yep. It's not just like we're there just to say we're doing sports. And so that's why we bring in best coaches around the state for that. So you know, the other thing that that I told Coach Sheets that our that our plan is, cause I thought this would be really cool. It just clicked in my head the other day. And that's why we're doing this before Sports Camp is I want to bring him back for another interview in another week or two. and just, you know, question him on the highs and the lows and you know, this is what impacted me, this is what I would do different. So we can hear a coach's perspective from that standpoint. So that that will be really cool. So we'll have Bo back again in a couple of weeks as well. one thing that just kind of asking thinking picking your brain is like as as a follower of Christ, not having to do with a coach or anything. you know, where where are you at in that in that in that walk? I keep reading, I even have a Bible over here called The Way and and Jesus talks about or his disciples talk about the way. where are you in that way in your life? Yeah, I think we're always trying to you know, daily we gotta depend on the Lord. I'm a big Joby Martin fan and the books that that he has out with kind of how to truly kind of walk with the Lord. And so two big things that have hit me in the last year is, you know, God's grace is bigger than all of our mess ups. So, you know, his grace is big enough to cover everything that we do. he talks about getting run over by the grace train. Yeah. So I still need to read that book by the way. It's great. So that that grace component is it's not it's not a a religion, it's not a set of rules to follow, it's it's God's grace and then then our response to it. So and and then the other part is, you know, if if the tomb is empty, you know, Christ died for us. So if if that truly happened, which we believe and we know and we have We have so much support to to show that it really happened, then anything's possible. So those are the two things that you know, I'm definitely not perfect. And it's it's about that relationship and kind of leading leaning on God's grace for me. I've read it several times, but I'm reading it with Riverton athlete. and we're and it's called The Gospel. What is the gospel? And and it talks about You know, a lot of misperceptions as far as salvation goes, like salvation being saved is gonna make the world a better place, or being saved is gonna keep you from going to hell. and and while those are all true, the the the the whole purpose of salvation is that we get Jesus. those are all benefits of the the gospel but but but there's one that stands you know infinitely greater than all of those and that it's it's Jesus right and so I think that's kind of what you were alluding to right is like he is greater and bigger and and you know there's nothing in this life that we can screw up right too much that his grace still doesn't cover us. So and and that's my prayer for our for all all the players that, you know, kind of come through our programs and and around the state and especially at camp this weekend is or this week is for them to to gain that confidence, and how do they get closer to Jesus and then, you know, the rest of it is covered by his grace and what he's done for us. Because so he they're saturated with Christ, right? Yeah. And then and that and that just pours out of them. And that's been the cool part with the 307 Faithful podcast is, I have Bennett Sanford, a wrestler is gonna be there. He was my first guest, and he'll be a senior. And I think he's gone at least the last three years that I've gone. And CC Jimenez plays soccer for LCC C and she's from Costa Rica and she's gonna be a huddle leader. no way talked about Parker Paxton and Alison Fertig played basketball for the University of Wyoming top three scorers for UW and she played professionally in Germany and she's gonna be there. Just got married last week and she's gonna be there with her husband. And you know, Lauren O'Donnell for Cheyenne Central is gonna come back and and as a senior, she's a tennis player. Jalen Mills from Sundance is going to be a huddle leader. you know, it's just it's just really cool to see these kids that are have have been changed so much that that that's how they want to live their lives. it's too bad you you figure that out a little younger than I did. I will I always say I said I was a a Christian and I went to church and I I do belie I always believed in Jesus, but I didn't develop that relationship where it was all about me and him kind of thing. we always finish up with with a prayer. So Bo and I are gonna pray together and I'll pray for Bo and and pray for the camp So we'll just bow here in prayer. Father, thank you for Coach Sheets coming to speak with us today. Thank you. for his willingness to serve at camp this week and just thank you for the opportunity for his family to be there with him. Thank you for all the coaches who are taking time away from their summer vacation, sometimes their family, sometimes their team to to to be able to invest that into FCA and to to really just model what it means to be a Christian coach. we just thank you for all the Huddle leaders, man. They are the the you know the ignition, the gasoline for the camp that brings the energy and just ignites these kids. And we just pray that you will cover them with your love and your wisdom, that they'd have a heart to to share how Christ has changed their lives. I pray for the speaker and the band, pray for the FCA staff that's going to be there. Anyway, the enemy is trying to attack people, trying to give excuses or whatever to keep them from camp. Father, I pray that you would destroy that right now and just prepare hearts to receive the love of Christ and just change lives going forward. So I just pray for all the campers and coaches that are going to be traveling there, for the buses that are taking kids there, for the week that's ahead. We're grateful. Thank you for this. podcast. We can't wait to see how it's impacted coach sheets when he comes back. Father, we just pray that we can live like Jesus and love like Jesus. And I know that's not possible on this side of heaven, but Help us to grow in that in that sanctification, to to progressively become more holy as you called us to be. So we thank you for your son. We thank you for your grace. And it's in your mighty and holy name we pray. Amen. Amen. thanks everybody for tuning in to the 307 Faithful podcast. This is Devin Davis and Coach Bo Sheets So pray for FCA camp this week and we would surely appreciate that. So again, 307 Faithful Podcast, thanks for listening. This is Devin Davis. Have a great week.