Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Headed to China
We are headed to China! Flights are scheduled to touch down in Beijing on July 31st, 6 days before the first soccer match begins. Enough time to grow accustomed to the Olympic atmosphere and the local "air" before blowing the first whistle. I am so thrilled the first Olympic "test" is over, now time to be 100% focused on the matches.
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Kari, we knew you would do well, Always know that you have the thoughts and prayers of the Washington referees with you. Thank you so much for coming to our state cup and teaching us. Always remember ... "YOU ARE GREAT!"
Hi Kermit:
Great to see you have achaived one of you dreams. I know you will represent the USA and us with great pride. We have you in our prayers my friend.
Al Ocampo
Hi Kermit:
I am very happy to see that you have achieved one of your great dreams. We have you in our prayers. I know you will do great, and you will reprent us and USA with great pride. Keep up the great work my friend.
Al Ocampo
Kermit, we are so proud of you. We know that you will do great! Have safe travels. Enjoy yourself. We will look forward to all the details, pictures, and stories when you return! Love - Mark, Belinda, Bryce & Teagan
Kermit, we are so proud of you. We know that you will do great! Have safe travels. Enjoy yourself. We will look forward to all the details, pictures, and stories when you return! Love - Mark, Belinda, Bryce & Teagan
Hey Kermit!
As a player, I can't say that I have always "played nicely" with you refs, but you were definitely one of my favorites at both Victor's camp and during Eastern HS matches. I have a great respect for the difficult job that you and your fellow referees have ahead of you. Best of luck!!! I hope you enjoy your unique position and have fun!
-Lachlan Smith
Congratulations
Mom and Dad are very proud of you and the goals you have set. You have had a few bumps in the road but you have overcome them.
Good luck and congratulations to all of you. I know you all will represent the United States very well.
Momma and Dad
Kermit,
We are so happy your years of refereeing is giving you such a great opportunity. Best of Luck. We will be looking forward to hearing about your adventures
Peggy & Everett
Hey Kermit~
What an amazing opportunity! I am so excited for you. Travel safe and know that everyone in the great USA will be watching especially in the hot state of Florida!!! HAVE FUN.... Debbie
Congratulations to all of you! Kermit we are proud of all your accomplishments! Thank you all for your love and commitment to the game of soccer. You all will represent the United States with pride in China. Enjoy the opportunity of a lifetime. We love you! Melissa, David, Short Mac and Thumper!
That is great kari! I just got word of your blog today. What an honor to be part of this world event. I'm glad I can say I know her when we are watching these events. Although, I am not a big fan of watching soccer on TV. But since you will be refing, then I will for sure make it a point to see some of the games. :) I rather play then watch, but I have not even been doing that. Maybe this will encourage me to find a team and play on. Our prayers will be with you and if their is anything you need us to pray about please let us know. Happy to do it! Have a great time.
John Tejada aka Rebecca Husband.
Words can't even begin to express how proud I am of you. I will never forget the look in your eyes when you told me you were selected. Your drive and dedication got you where you are today. Your dreams and goals are coming true. We are so proud! When you land back here at home, I'll be waiting with a big smile for you.
Love you always,
Laurie, Kels & Little Man
Kari, Kermit, Jair et al Im here for whatever you need. Wish I could have joined you. It was fun just thinking of the possibility. Say hi to the big wigs there for me and if you run into the Chinese referee that was an exchange here in MLS a few years back send my greetings, I think his name was Sun Booieng
VERO---- SO proud of you! I love you and I wish you the best. I can't wait to hear about your experiences in China! I know that you will shine out on the field because you are the most driven human being I know. Good luck prima and I'll be watching out for you on TV!
Love,
Christy
Kermit,
Congratulations! All of us girls at Mel's work will be looking for you on TV. Have a great time and travel safe. We're so excited for you!
What an awesome experience - we are all very excited for all of you. Enjoy it immensely and send along some experiences. It will be fabulous and we know you will do great.
We can't wait for the games to get started.
The Spiegels
Hope you all arrived safe and sound and more importantly are finding some way to sleep at night. :) Cannot wait for the Games to start! Wishing you all tremendous success.
Hey Girl,
Always love to see you out there.
We'll be up early for all the games.
Enjoy the moments!
Best Wishes,
Mike & Sherry of the Black Sheep
Alway great to see you out there.
We'll be up early for all the games.
Enjoy the moments!
Best Wishes,
Mike & Sherry of the Black Sheep
I am so proud of you all - I know what a feat and honor it is! I look forward to watching the games "live" even in the middle of the night!
Melanie
Kari, Verónica:
The best luck to both of you, and the rest of the USA Referees in the Olympic competition.
I'm sure that the Soccer Referee community in the whole USA is cheering for all of you.
Vero, I'm going to be watching you very closely to see if you learned well what I tried to teach you years ago when you started to feel this passion for refereeing soccer (just kidding!!!!).
Buena suerte en los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing y ARRIBA USA REFEREES!!! Alberto
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