“My sister died of AIDS” “And my sister also died of AIDS. We are looking after her family. Her husband died of AIDS too.”

When this is told you and you see the little orphans being looked after by an aunt how can you describe the feeling in your heart? You are returning to Scotland next week but they are being left in this jungle village to deal with the massive matters of raising the children, feeding them, and trying to clothe and educate them without very many financial resources.

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“You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide open while someone else says them for you. It means fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God. This kind of prayer be sure the devil and the world and your own indolent, unbelieving nature will oppose. They will pour water on this flame.” So said William Booth of the Salvation Army in a day when the fire of God was upon him and those around him.

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Let me draw some very important lessons from Exodus Chapter 19 where the Children of Israel arrive at Sinai, under the leadership of Moses.

At this point, they defeated the Amalekites and Moses has appointed some men to deal with the pastoral problems - to settle arguments - to hear cases - so that Moses would be released to hear what the Lord God was saying, and to teach that to the people.

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We are all here for a reason. We all have a purpose in life. Your purpose isn’t to just get through life. You are here for a bigger reason, a bigger purpose. It is okay if you don’t know why you are here. That will come in time. The important thing is to not get confused and to not accept that you are here just to get by.

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Depending on the competitiveness of your league, the objectives of your gameday plan will vary. Some coaches may be “coaching to win,” while others are simply trying to make sure each player gets an equal amount of playing time.

Regardless of your situation, I have a few pieces of coaching advice that any volunteer youth soccer coach can benefit from.

Your general practice plan, that is the broader objectives of what you are trying to do at practice, should be rooted in developing the kids on your team into better individual and team players. You make them better individually by improving their ball skills mostly. Work on trapping, dribbling and passing and your players should become more comfortable with the ball.

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