2012 FCA Hoops Day attendees got quite show as they watched the Wyoming Cowboys beat 11th ranked UNLV Rebels, 68-66, in the AA Auditorium on February 4th, 2012. What a game to top off an awsome Hoops Day!
Prior to the game, students enjoyed a worship band and heard from two former Wyoming Cowgirl athletes.
    Former soccer player Jules Candelaria shared a powerful testimony of how God intervened in her life during a time when she was living for herself and this world. After making a profession of faith in her youth, her father asked her, "so how are you different now?" Jules was bothered by this question, yet she went on to live the next several years without displaying any "difference" from the lifestyle and attitude of the rest of the world. It was not until her senior year of college, after a successful soccer career that Jules recognized that no person, accomplishment, party or other earthly thing could fill the void in her life that God had intentionally placed there to lead her back to Him. She fully surrendered to Christ and dove into a walk with him feet first. She is now involved in the UW FCA leadership team and looks for any opportunity to share her faith.
     Former volleyball player Emily Rochelle also shared how God had interrupted her lifestyle and life plans to set her feet on His path. She challenged students from a book she is reading called Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild encouraging them to pursue Godly wisdom in a culture that in many ways has gone wild. Emily is also very involved in ministry at UW, leading a Bible Study, preparing for her second mission trip through UW FCA, and serving on the UW FCA leadership team.
     The game provided the elation of a temporary victory; however, the pregame festivities held at First Christian Church reminded us that the real victory is in Jesus, and the salvation from sin that His life and sacrifice on the cross provides.  That's a victory that will last forever!
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"I happened to talk with a former youth pastor, now a present Missionary, who brought a group of kids to one of the FCA Gameday events years ago. He shared about how one young man was growing distant with their church/youth group but they invited him to come to Laramie for a game and the FCA event. The boy came with their youth group with interest in attending a UW game, and ended up having a great time with the group and was ministered to that day by the speaker. From that time on, he re-connected with the youth group. The pastor shared with me that God used the Gameday event as a turning point in the boy’s life, and now that boy is currently working as a campus ministry leader in college. Praise God!"--Aaron Frude, SE WY /UW FCA Rep.