Cornerstone soccer fulfills greater purpose on mission trip to Ecuador
BLOOMINGTON — Summer workouts, team bonding and camps with young players are staples of many high school sports teams.
Bloomington Cornerstone’s boys soccer team did all those things this past summer, but not in the way that many others do. The Cyclones had the opportunity to take a mission trip as a team to Ecuador, where soccer, faith and friendships transcended continents.
“[It was] a whole new culture and language,” Cornerstone senior Ben Thoma said. “They're speaking Spanish [but] the hospitality is just so great. Everyone around there is just so kind and loving.”
Jeremy Knapp has been the Cornerstone boys soccer head coach for 16 years and always had the goal of taking the Cyclones on a mission trip to a different part of the world. That dream started when he accompanied Cory Hynek, Peoria Christian’s boys soccer head coach, on a similar trip to England several years ago.
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