Football!

Lots to tell you all about but not enough memory space to recall what has been going on! To make a long story very much shorter, we are now in the last week of Holiday Club which in Redhill means a lot of football. A travelling Brazilian team has joined us to run the sessions and we have greatly enjoyed joining in and being part of it all.
In line with the football theme, I have attached an especially flattering photo of me on the way to the England game in PE!


Having returned from PE we did a whole week teaching about loving our neighbours as ourselves and attempting to make the Redhill kids a little bit compassionate and caring towards their friends. To some degree this has worked as we are seeing many kids share and help each other out in this week's program. That said, the fighting, swearing and general rule of the older boys remains, all of which is hard to control or stop.

To continue in the seemingly 'extreme' sports that I have been doing the last few weekends, I went shopping last Saturday in Cape Town at the main market. Wierdly, on stopping at a stall someone very quickly becomes your 'best friend' and maintains complete composure whilst offering you his 'best price'. What was strange for me is at this juncture no normal price had been set so how a 'best price' could be achieved I didn't know. Anyway, after fraught bargaining a deal was then set and we moved on with some new sports merchandise or a painting. It was great to be part of the downtown atmosphere with the football in the evening and the market experience comes well recommended!

This week, as mentioned, it has been sports time and we have been very blessed teaching the boys more football skills and the girls netball. On Thursday we are handing out the shoes as part of the Samaritan's Feet schedule and Friday is the big event at Fish Hoek.

For now, I leave you with a couple of photos of the past couple of weeks that have encouraged and amused me!

Speak soon

Stu