Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Playing Soccer at the Orphanage

   (when I use BOY it's on Tim's team, when I use GUY it's on my team)

     Josh told us that he would pick us up at 2:00, but had a delay in his lunch at a restarant.  So at two I started to put on my kleets which were to big for me so I had to put one small sock in the front of my shoe and where two pairs of socks on my feet.  My kleets were supposed to be for Tim but they were to small for him so he gave them to me, so he had to where his teni-shoes.  Well we waited and I was getting really hot in my kleets because of all those socks.  I went outside and sat on the grass and I was getting pretty bored and Elaka came over to me and drooled on me.  Then Tim came out and we talked a little until Tim decided to go in side and read.  Well about right at the door Josh honked, and Tim put on his shoes and we got into the car.  Once we got on the dirt road it was a little more exciting.  When we turned off the road to go on a really bad one that had a ditch in the middle Josh said that there was one part that we might need 4 wheel drive but we never used it.  So when we got to the gate (that was just a big log on two posts sticking up) they came and took off the log and we drove into the garage.  Tim asked  why there was a fence in front of where we parked and Josh said that that was because they had a dog there.  When we got out of the car the boys were all sitting in chairs around some food that they were cooking, and josh told them our names.  After that Daniel, (the biggest and best player) showed us the well that they had dug, and there dog Chuki, who is just a puppy right now.  Some of the boys and us went over to play soccer on the "drive way" which there hardly was.  Josh three other guys including the big guy and I were on one team and Tim and four other boys were on the other team.  At first it was just Josh one guy and me against Tim and three other boys but then the big guy came and we had equal sides.  The first part of the playing I didn't do so well because they knocked me around, and I was still waking up.  About one-third of the way the buff guy scored.  Most of the playing was going on on there side so I didn't get to play much because I was basically a defender, but about three-fourths of the time Josh told me to go up there and play.  So I went up to the front and we were doing pretty well and one time a guy in a white shirt with blue lines down passed to me and almost scored, (most of you guys would probably say I didn't almost).  Then I had another chance but another boy got it instead, but I stopped the ball:).  Almost after that Tipi Mazembe was playing and so they all wanted to listen to that.