Today was our second day of coaching and when we got to the school the kids were waiting for us with the biggest smiles on their faces. They ran straight up to us, shouting our names and asking to start immediately. We started with the warm up games, but we soon moved on to the offside rule, but this did prove to be very challenging as the kids are very new to rugby. Our volunteers helped bridge the language barrier and eventually the kids began to understand - which was really rewarding. After lunch, we headed on to the next school and got the exact same reaction. It’s so hard to describe how it feels to meet people who have so little and yet are so happy. We started teaching the kids again in the same way, and even had time to teach them the ‘Hokie Pokie.’ There was one boy in the second school, Kalela, named Elvis who stood out particularly. Not only was he one of the fastest runners we have ever seen, his English was so good we used him to translate and help us teach the other kids. At the end of the day he adorably said to us that ‘one day that whistle will be mine.’
G. Kindall J
Elvis sounds like a hero! Great work, Grace.
ReplyDeletePowerful blog. Love Elvis' quote at the end. Xxx
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