No task was too small nor too hard for the Columbia International University women’s soccer team on a summer’s mission trip to Costa Rica. The 18 women, along with three coaches, a trainer and CIU Athletics Director Darren Ritchie, dug trenches, served at an orphanage, planted trees, mowed grass, cleaned cars and houses — and yes, they also hosted soccer clinics, trained with a U20 club team and played the U20 Costa Rican National Team.

Head Coach Kara Farnsworth Lail’s goal for the trip was for these particular players, who have never been on a CIU mission trip as a team, to be transformed as they shared “the love of Christ … used soccer as a way to do that … and grow together as a team.”

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