But now i am back in Boston Mass and i want to get you all up to speed.
The week before i was to come back home for Christmas break my coach called me into his office to have a chat after practice. He said to me "Adam you need to play thats the bottom line" he was talking to me about going to another team. He mentioned the team in New York that had wanted me towards the beginning of the season. He told me about this on a monday, he said think about it and we would talk the next day. I talked to my mom after i left his office and she encouraged me to let go of my preferences concerning the situation. I preferred to stay here and finish out the year in Boston, but i was instructed to give that up to the Lord. So i spoke with the Lord and said to the Lord that i give up my preferences for the situation. But i knew that i still wanted to stay.
I talked with my coach the next day and he was looking around to what other teams would want me in the league. Also he had said that if i decided that i wanted to stay it wouldn't be a problem, its just that it would be hard for me to get to play any games. We kept talking after practice each day. I didn't decide anything right at the moment. I called Allen on Wednesday just to tell him everything that was happening and to ask him what he thought. One thing that he gave me was, "the peace of God, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" i chose to speak with my mouth "Father i permit your peace to reign and rule in my heart and my mind". I had to do that continually. I had to keep using my mouth to speak the truth and not let my mind wander about and keep thinking about the decision i had to make. Allen also asked me when i had to make the decision by and i said not till January 10th (i thought) so he advised me to just sit on it and see where the peace of God would lead me.
So the next day i went in to see my coach after practice and i told him that since i didn't have to decide right then that i would wait and let him know sometime over christmas break.
I went home Sunday the 21st. We were supposed to be back on the 1st of January. I got a call the saturday after Christmas from my coach. He left me a voicemail and told me that he traded me to a team in Portland, Maine. Its a Junior A team, but its really a step down from the league that the team in Boston is in. He had mentioned that team the week before, but i had told him more than once that i would definitely not want to go to that team. So it was pretty surprising to hear that he traded me there after i told him that i didn't want to go there. I tried to call him right back and i wasn't able to get a hold of him all day. I didn't have to go there, they couldn't force me to go there, but if i didn't go there we would have to figure something else out.
Finally i was able to get a hold of him. We talked about it and he said that he just had to make a move. And i told him that i wanted to go to New York and play for that team instead of going to Portland Maine. He was fine with that and said he would talk to the other coaches to workout a deal. The coolest thing about all of this is... When i heard the news about the trade i was perfectly fine. The Lord has prepared me beforehand. I had a moment when i started to think about it and worry and me and my mom just prayed right then and gave it up to the Lord. But it was amazing. Allen had talked to me about Peace before and he had mentioned that it was this "life way" of peace. Not just an experience of peace every now and then, but something we are able to walk in every single day. So i was very thankful that the Lord had prepared me beforehand.
So to make a very long story a bit shorter. I ended up being home until the 9th of January instead of leaving on the 1st. I had not heard anything about the trade yet. They were still trying to figure things out. Basically the coach in Maine didnt have a problem trading me to NY, but he wanted someone in return. The coach in Ny didnt have anyone to trade him for me, so my coach in Boston was trying to see if he could trade someone for me, so my rights would go back to Boston and then he (Boston coach) would trade me back out to NY. I know its pretty confusing and complicated. But thats the simple version. So i left the 9th of January to go back to Boston and wait up there. Plus i would get to see Mike and Nancy again and get to spend some time with them.
I ended being with Mike and Nancy from the 9th to the 21st. I tried to keep skating everyday. Twice i went up to Rockland (the town where the breakers are in) and i skated with the Junior B team. When i went up to the rink i was thinking before that the situation would be awkward. But my mom helped me and told me that i shouldn't let it be awkward. So i choose to go to the rink and see everyone again and i didn't let it be awkward. It ended up being fine and it was nice to see everyone again. On days that i didn't go up to the rink i skated at Mike and Nancy's neighbors house. Right across the street the neighbors had built a small outdoor ice rink that i was able to skate on anytime i wanted to. It was the perfect provision of the Lord. I thought it was too cool. So i usually went out there each day for a couple hours.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Mike and Nancy, also getting to spend time with their son Guy and his family too. On the 20th of Jan i went into the rink in Rockland to talk with my old coach and when i got there he said that he thought that the trade was all taken care of. He said that Jim (from NY) had gotten a kid to trade out to Maine for me. So the next day Jim called me and said it was all taken care of and i could come out that day. I woke up early in the morning on the 21st to say bye to Mike and Nancy just incase i was going to leave that day. So im glad i did because i ended up getting the call to go that day. I got all packed up and left that afternoon. I already knew a kid on the team because he had played in Boston with me the whole year. I practiced with the team that night at 9.
So now i have been here for a little over a week. This team doesnt have a chance to make the playoffs so the season will be over on February 22nd. Its not very long, i'll be here for a total of 4 weeks. And i will play 11 games with them. But my expectation is that the Lord will cause the right school to see me play, even in these 4 weeks so i can go there next year.
I still desire to play Division 1 next year. Each coach i have had has said that i cant do it. But with my God ALL things are possible. I have to keep remembering how BIG my God is because i could not play Division 1 on my own. I couldn't play Division 3 or anything else for that matter. But i know that the Lord can get me there. I would be fine with playing Division 3 next year, its still very good. But i do have a desire to play the best.
I have played 3 games with the team so far. The first game i played good, i hadnt played a competitive games since right before Thanksgiving break. So i was pleased with how it went. Then today and yesterday we had a game. I played good yesterday, and today i had a bad first period and i thought i played really well in the 2nd and 3rd period. I got an assist today as well.
I know this was pretty long, but its been a while since i have written. I will write again soon! Love you all!!!!
