Nationals!!!!!!!

Our 4-H archery team is headed to Nationals in four weeks. For everyone who doesn't know, being able to go to Nationals is a HUGE deal. It's as close as you can get to being in the Olympics without actually being IN the Olympics. The team is REALLY excited, but we're also starting to feel the pressure. To compete in Nationals, we first have to get there. That is going to be the hard part. Having to raise so much money in so little time isn't easy, especially when the town you live in has a population of five (just kidding, it's more like ten!)

We also have to practice......a LOT......to be up to the caliber of shooting that we need to be. Sometimes it's a lot of fun. Other times it's really frustrating. You can get tired really easily, shooting that many arrows everyday. Plus, you can just have one of those days when nothing feels just like it should. Those days are absolutely NO FUN!!! When days like that happen, and they have happened, you have to get refocused. You can't go home that night thinking that you're a bad archer. The second you do that, you start doing what we call "circling the drain." If you can't get out of that down spiral quick, it can hurt not only your shot, but also your self esteem.

Despite all the rough spots we have had and will have in the future, we all fell incredibly blessed to have the opportunity placed at our feet. Not only do we get to travel to Texas, we get to shoot with some of the most talented archers in this great country. And, even if we don't do as well as we want to, we still got there. We still get to share this experience as a family. No matter how well we do or how high a score we earn, God still put us in this position for a reason. And you know what, I'm not going to let Him down by shooting for me, I'm going to shoot for Him!

If you would like to support this Long County Georgia 4-H archery team please contact the 4-H office at: (912) 545-9549. We need all the support we can get!!