God Jul

God Jul! or Merry Christmas in English.  Well, Becca and I are almost home! But before all that, we have some fun coming up this weekend.  Today is our last day here in Nassjo.  Tomorrow we will be traveling to Stockholm for our final basketball game before break.  Unfortunately I still can't play.

After the game, we will be staying at a hotel near "Old Town" On Sunday we will fill the day with shopping and eating before we take the night train back to Nassjo only to hop on another train to Copenhagen.  Then homeward bound!

As for an injury update, I am feeling a lot better and have been doing some light jogging and shooting in practice.  I am confident that I will be able to come back after break 100%  I will try to do another update after we are back home about our upcoming travels. So until then, God Jul!

Injury Update

I just though I would take a minute and fill you all in on my groin injury here in Sweden.  Unfortunately I have been out of competition for about 12 days now and missed our last game and will at least miss our game this weekend. 

I have been to the hospital/doctor twice now and I have been told that I have pulled/torn ligaments in my groin.  I have now seen two separate physical therapist and I have a lot of stretches and workouts that I am doing to strengthen the muscle so I can get back as soon as possible. 

Right now I would love to make it back for our last game before the Christmas break but it looks as though barring any re-injuries that I should hopefully be back for the first game after our break.  It has been very difficult sitting in on practices and the last game and not being able to play. I want to be out on the court so badly but I am trying to be smart with the injury so I can be 100% for the rest of the season.

Now something on the positive side.  Before Becca and I get to come home and see all of our friends and family again, we will be taking a trip to Stockholm.  After our game on the 17th, we will be close to the city so we will take a train or bus into Stockholm and have an evening there before we spend the night in a cozy hotel near the "old town" district. 

Don't worry, we will take lots of pictures and you can see all the areas I mean.  We will then spend the next day exploring the city, shopping, enjoying some fine dining, and probably shopping a little more :)  I have been to the city once before when my mom came to visit last season and I loved it so I thought it would be perfect to take Becca there. 

We then are catching the night train home and arriving in Nassjo around 3am only to take the first train out in the morning at 7am to Copenhagen to fly home! It will be a lot of traveling in those couple days but should be a blast!  I will let you know how we did this upcoming weekend after our game. 

For those of you who don't already know, Becca has been doing a daily blog for the last week so you can follow her here Becca's Blog.  She is a much better writer than me :)  She does all kinds of posts on the culture, weather, and anything Sweden here.  Much more informative.  Please continue to pray for quick healing for me and safe travels for Becca and me in the upcoming weeks. Thanks for following.

Nässjö Basket Win

As I mentioned in my previous blog, during my last game I hurt my groin, and I was unable to practice all week. It got harder each day to watch practice and not be able to play. Becca and I traveled around to both hospitals here in Nässjö in order to see a doctor about my injury. Unfortunately all they were able to do for me this last week was set up an appointment for this week Wednesday. I just ask that if you could, please pray for God's healing hand on my injury.

Today we had a game against Heisingborg. They were a solid team and had a few strong guys. We played a fairly consistant game throughout the first half. During the third quarter Heisingborg was able to make a short run until the fourth period when we took command of the game.

We finished with a 83-65 win improving on our record to 8-2. The win puts us in second place in the Southern Division and right on track to be a part of the final four with a strong finish in the second half of the season. I will keep you all updated on the progress of my injury.

Here is a sweet dunk from one of my teammates. Enjoy!