Carpe Diem
 

May 2009 Newsletter

Happy Mother’s Day!

Junior's:

• Congratulations to our 18 National and 16 National teams for taking 1st in GOLD in their divisions at the MVDA Classic last weekend.  Also, great job to the 14’s team for taking 1st place in the SILVER division!  Excellent job teams.

•Beach Leagues – At Holland State Park. First Session begins June 8.

• Beach Tournaments – Our opener is June 13 & 14.

 • Start planning for the beach! The 2009 Summer Beach Schedule is up! Along with our regular tournaments we are also hosting the MJVBA/AAU Michigan Championships on July 25th. Open to ALL ages!

• Our summer indoor camp schedule is available! We offer everything from All Skills to Hitters/Setters to Serving & Passing/Defense camps. Private lessons are another option! There is something for boys and girls from 8 to 18!

• Many have already taken advantage of private training for individuals or teams, adult or youth, and we have limited private training times available. Contact Michelle to schedule a time.

Adults:

• The First Annual Midwest Collegiate Beach Championships are happening this summer at Holland State Park. If you are a young adult in college and love beach volleyball, come and compete against other colleges. 

•Beach Leagues – At Holland State Park. First Session begins June 8.

• Beach Tournaments – Our opener is June 13 & 14.

Extras:

• Sale Item of the Month: The official AVP Wilson Volleyball. Get yours today! Limited quantities available.  Only $39.95

• Carpe Diem Volleyball is a non-profit organization! As you look at our needs you will be able to write them off as a tax deduction!

• If you have any prayer requests please feel free to share them with us! Be sure to let us know if you'd like your request included in the newsletter or kept private. Thanks to those who have trusted us and presented their requests – what a privilege to carry those to God in prayer!

• Please pray for two players who dislocated their kneecap – at different times. Abby had successful surgery and we praise God for His protection! Cara did not need surgery, but has weeks of rehab before trying anything ‘athletic’! This is a hard time for both young ladies, as they love the sport and their teammates! Pray for quiet obedience and quick/complete healing along with patience!!

• Pray for Shirley, one of our moms, who suffers with an inner ear disorder. Pray for the stresses to calm down and for the dizziness to be controlled without radical surgery. Please also pray for a Carpe Diem family whose 75 year old father/grandfather just had part of a lung removed. He also suffers from heart problems and the prognosis is not clear at this time. Pray for miraculous healing of body and mind, and for clarity regarding upcoming treatment decisions.

• Pray for a family whose aunt was taken to the hospital. Also, this family has a mother/grandmother in Florida who is too ill to travel back to Michigan. Pray healing for both women and comfort for the family.

• Pray healing for Bill who had eye surgery this past winter, and praise God for his youngest daughter’s marriage to a wonderful man of God!

• Please continue to be in prayer for a wonderful man who claims to be an atheist. Pray that the scales are removed from his eyes and heart, and that the Lord surrounds him with Godly people who will love him as Christ Himself loves us!

• We have amazing coaches with every team! Praise God for answered prayer! Please be in prayer for Ryan, Rebecca, Lauren and Haley as these young, busy people prepare to give themselves to the youth of the area!

Facility Update:

CARPE DIEM SPORTS AND WELLNESS CENTER!!

• Can you believe this is our second anniversary? We have been in our building for over 2 years now! Praise God for His guidance and provision, and thanks to all of you who have made these past 2 years so memorable and exciting!

• We changed! We tore up all three courts and put more ‘padding’ down! (It is what we wanted when we opened, but at that time we couldn’t afford it! After saving up, we were able to make this huge purchase! God is good!) Thanks so much to the people that came in and gave their time (and sweat) to help us!

• Thanks SO much to Brice for donating all the carpet squares! The place looks GREAT and we get compliments on it every day!

• If your business is interested in advertising at our place, contact David. We have a great amount of wall space for banners!! Cost for advertising is: 250.00/year and you supply the banner. 350.00/ year and we will get a banner made for you.

• We'd love to have a ‘library' in the facility! If you have any new or gently used, family friendly books, please bring them in! This prompts another need – somewhere to store them! If you have a bookshelf to donate, we'd really appreciate it! People have already taken advantage of our ‘cozy' reading supply!

•  Help us fill up the facility: renting out courts for parties, running basketball teams, bringing in inspirational speakers, exercise/Pilates classes, AAU tournaments, and eventual tutoring programs/after school programs and Bible studies, along with the ‘normal' stuff we do! If you have ANY other ideas for us, please let us know! We need to keep this place filled for financial reasons, but we also need to use it to minister to all people! If you are interested in renting out the facility, please contact David .

• THANK YOU to all those who have donated their time, money and ‘stuff'!! We sure appreciate you and would not be near where we are without your support! PLEASE continue to pray for us, as we need every kind of support you can think of, especially prayer and financial! This is a huge step of faith and we know God will provide for all of our needs! Knowing that God uses people to fill the needs of others, we are letting go of any earthly pride and asking for help in filling some of our needs: projector, financial assistance, any connections with local businesses and especially prayer!

God’s Blessings to you,

David and Michelle Vander Meer

 “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:7-8