As I mentioned in an earlier post, the first group this year was a soccer group from St. Mary's College in California. The group comes every year with different people but Randy, the leader, is always here. All the kids know him and are always asking when his team is coming back.
A little pre-tournament ceremony. Randy is the 2nd one in from
the left sitting down.
It is pretty incredible to see the amount of interest they generate through their clinics and games. The kids play soccer almost every day now. I also picked up some tricks and games to use in my gym class.
Very fun to see these guys in Constanza
The group was a big encouragement to me, as it was fun to hang out with some people (almost...) my own age. I realize that this group isn't a typical group, but I am very excited to get going with more groups in the next few weeks.
A few of the kids from my favorite house in Jarabacoa,
and Starling in front who used to live there but is now
in Constanza.
Keeping tabs on whats going on in the sports world has become much less of a priority to me this second time around (except for the bulls obviously..), but I still thought it would be weird if I didn't watch the super bowl. I invited Jhoan (helps at the care center) and the Rowley's 2 youngest boys Gabe and Isaiah. We had a good time and had some Chicken, some refrescos and played some games as well. The actual game was pretty good, but I think it was fun just to have some people over to the apartment for the first time!
Playing some card games during halftime
Back to Soccer, while the group from California was here. We had a big tournament on our new soccer field behind the care center. Teams from Jarabacoa travelled up here and it was a blast. It was awesome to see some of my little Jarabacoa friends in my town.
This picture is from a game I went to in Jarabacoa,
but I think its cool and my family has been sponsoring
this kid for a long time now.
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