Emily has been playing volleyball with the students for the past year, and with all of us new volunteers showing up, some of the students were interested in challenging us to a volleyball match. Emily set up the game for today at 2PM, and throughout this past week, there was a good bit of trash talk floating around.
We decided to get decked-out in Red and Blue (partly inspired by the US and partly inspired by UD), and Sarah made signs that said “Team Volunteers” and then had each of our names in bold. We pinned the signs to our backs, and with our coordinating colors, we looked pretty professional. As we approached, various forms of “ooos,” “ahhs,” laughter, and chatter rose from the crowd of 60 or so students gathered around the volleyball pitch.
Though we started the first game by giving them 8 points before we gained one and quickly earned the name “Team Easy,” we were able to pull it together and gave them a run for their money during the second and most of the third game. (We even gave a few "Team Easy" chants directed at them!) By the end of the third game, they had pretty much defeated us, and we were essentially out of energy. The students seemed to enjoy playing us, making fun of us when we messed up, and watching us as we brought some new techniques and skills. Both the Headmaster and the Deputy Headmaster came by to watch for one or two of the four games we played. (We were playing best of five, and they beat us in the first three, but we played a fourth for fun.) They’re really good, and I wasn’t expecting to find this kind of volleyball here. It’s wonderful!
It was a great community activity for us as well, and I’m looking forward to future matches.
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HI ANDY, I JUST READ YOUR BLOG FROM AUG 30. I HAD BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU ALL WEEK AS THERE HAD BEEN AN EARTHQUAKE OF THE COAST AND WASN'T SURE IF IT AFFECTED YOU. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIET OF THE BOYS. IN ORDER TO HAVE A COMPLETE COMBINATION OF AMINO ACIDS YOU SHOULD EAT RICE AND BEANS TOGETHER. WHAT CROPS GROW IN AFRICA? DO CARROTS, POTATOES, PEANUTS, SUNFLOWERS TOMATOES, GREEN PEPPERS ETC,ETC.GROW THERE? IF SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SEEDS FOR YOU TO START A FARMING PROGRAM. WHAT ABOUT FRUIT TREES? IT WOULD TAKE A FEW YEARS FOR THE FRUIT TREES TO START PRODUCING BUT THE MARISTS SEEM TO BE THERE FOR THE LONG TERM. APPLE TREES, PEACHES, LEMONS, LIMES, PEARS, ARE ANYOF THESE THINGS ABLE TO GROW THERE? I WILL DEFINETLY KEEP YOU AND ALL FROM THE SCHOOL IN MY PRAYERS. LOVE AND HUGS . AUNT MARY BETH
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