Monday, February 06, 2006
Planadas Community (part 2)
The pastors led them in a song with wild motions, and one of them prayed. Then they took off running down to the football field. The pastors chalked the lines. Then they started. The field had rocks and volleyball poles, but the boys were in heaven. There were nine on each side; some of our children played as well. The field was covered in several inches of dirt and as the ball went down the field and all the boys chased after it, the wind blew the dust everywhere. In front of one of the goals was about six inches of dust. Several times that team got close to scoring—everyone kicking at the ball. The dust was so thick we could barely make out the kids, let alone the ball. But these boys of about eight or so years had skill. They knew the rules. They played hard.
At half time, the boys were treated to coca-cola.
