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U.S. Olympic volleyball player Micah Christenson says regardless of the outcome in Rio, relying on God and living for Him is "enough." Photos courtesy of FIVB

OLYMPICS: U.S. volleyball player seeks God amid trials

August 12, 2016

By Tim Ellsworth, Baptist Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) – Micah Christenson spent the past year playing professional volleyball in Italy. Sound like fun?

He thought so, too, until he got there. He couldn’t speak the language and was living alone for the first time in a foreign country. He didn’t have any friends on the team. And then he got sick the first week.

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