Our lives recently

Typical jobs are 40 hour weeks... coaching is a 70-80 hour week job. When you are working that much and still getting paid for a 40 hour job it is difficult to see the benefits. 

My husband has been stressed lately and I thought it was just like normal people stress... well apparently NOT! This last Thursday, April 5th, Brent had been experiencing a tingling and numbing feeling in his right arm all day. By about 1:00 he complained of the numbing getting worse and then having chest pains. He decided to go to the ER to get checked out. 

Meanwhile, I was at school giving a Benchmark for the last hour of school. My coworkers graciously let me go be with him. The ER ran an EKG test and the tests came back normal... but they explained that he has stress induced chest pains and needed to take things easy. The doctor was concerned about the amount of hours he was working and the health conditions for a 25 year old.  

Unfortunately Friday morning one of Brent's (football) players was in a fatal car accident and devastated the entire community. We went to his candle lighting service Saturday night. People were getting up and sharing their stories of Ryan. I did not know the young man but the story Brent shared with me brought tears to my eyes. His moment was "I remember an away game we road on the bus together and he was asking me about Christianity." At this moment it made me realize how much more of an impact my husband was on young men! The weekend before a parent came up to me with a message for coach, "Tell him thank you for being such a godly role model to our son. He loves playing for him and can tell something is different about him; he in genuine and not a hypocrite. We informed him that when people are working to glorify God they are supposed to be different and coach has shown our son how that can be done." When I heard this chills were sent down my spine and a peace came over my body. I knew my husband was a big influence and many boys ask him questions daily but hearing from a parent was even more evident of his ministry that he has with these boys as their COACH. 

At this week's game Brent had to get onto a parent during the game from the dugout because he could not seem to control himself or his comments. Luckily this particular family had respect for Brent and shut his mouth but it still caused quiet an uproar of surprised looks and thank you comments! 

So all in all we have had a somewhat crazy week but nevertheless it is our lives!