![Locking arms in prayer with the competition. Locking arms in prayer with the competition.](https://www.ciu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/2022-08/Costa-Rica-Trip-Prayer-web.jpg?itok=rh0mDGOP)
Women’s soccer “up to the tasks” on mission trip
Women’s soccer “up to the tasks” on mission trip
![Locking arms in prayer with the competition. Locking arms in prayer with the competition.](https://www.ciu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/2022-08/Costa-Rica-Trip-Prayer-web.jpg?itok=rh0mDGOP)
August 12, 2022
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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![Head Coach Kara Farnsworth Lail (left) shares high fives at a soccer clinic. Head Coach Kara Farnsworth Lail (left) shares high fives at a soccer clinic.](https://www.ciu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser_400x300/public/2022-08/articles/Costa-Rica-Trip-2-web.jpg?itok=0cCs-lip)
Head Coach Kara Farnsworth Lail (left) shares high fives at a soccer clinic.