Field Day, goats and naps

What do goats and football (soccer) have in common!  Not much, unless you are in Uganda.  Then, the goats are tied around the field.  Oh, and there is a goat for the winning house to roast and eat!

Christine, Doreen, Beatrace and Rose

We traveled to Jinja yesterday to visit with our Senior 1 students.  They are attending a high school there while we work on opening a High school at the VOE next year.  ( I talked more in depth in a previous blog).  We believe it is important to support them in their efforts while they are studying away from "home".

John, Isa, Rodgers and Hassan

The school had a field day so we went to support our students.  There was Bible trivia competition, Egg races, water races, soccer games and netball games.

Heather, Anna & Beatrace

We arrived late, missing the Bible trivia and races, but we were there for the soccer and netball.

Me, Beatrace and Anna

We had the privilege of getting to watch  6, yes 6! soccer games!  Oh, joy!

John, head butting the ball

The high schools here have "houses" which compete all year (think Harry Potter).  At this school, there are 4 houses - not Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, etc, but Isaiah, Elijah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel house.   Each house is a different color too.

Isa played goalie

Hassan, kicking

 Each house played every other house in soccer and netball, so 6 games each, luckily, the games were 30 minutes each, but still - 3 hours of soccer!

Anna got a little bored. So, we met a goat.  A billy that was happy to visit with Anna.

The goat was tied by one leg.  So, Anna could control the distance.

She loved it until the billy tried to head-butt her!  That made her a bit more nervous!  (No harm was done to the Billy or the Baby)

Anna, about to get head-butted!

We watched more soccer.

Then we went in search of the bore hole.  It was hot, we were thirsty.

More soccer. . .

If you are already bored with these pics, think how we felt!

Six games later, we had lunch.  I ate my lunch with Anna on my back.  It was well past her nap time, and I was pacing back and forth trying to get her to fall asleep.  After about 45 minutes of pacing, it worked!

We watched 3 games of net ball and decided that since it was 5:00 and we still had to visit their home and then go to Jinja to buy groceries, we should head out.

That is Rose in the blue shirt!

Doreen is in the red shirt, white skirt, center of the pix

Rose is about to get the ball

We arrived at home at 9:00 PM, tired, dehydrated,  and sunburnt; but happy.  It was a great day. The kids loved having us there - we were the only visitors!  They were like celebrities!

And, the school teachers were bragging on our kids, saying how intelligent they are, how they are disciplined and arrive on time!  Woo hoo!  One point Village of Eden!