I'd like to share photos with you from our recent clinics. Click on the link to view the action from Kleinberg, Ukhanyo, and Marine!
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Photos of Clinics Uploaded
I'd like to share photos with you from our recent clinics. Click on the link to view the action from Kleinberg, Ukhanyo, and Marine!
Click here to view photos
Sunday, January 17, 2010
January Clinics
This week we had a great set of 3 clinics at Kleinberg, Ukhanyo, and Marine Primary Schools. But these clinics were special because we had some guests from Elon University in North Carolina. Kelly, Trevor, and JD were with us as part of their month-long Winter Term trip to South Africa. Three days of their time in Cape Town is spent doing internships with various organizations. We hooked up with the group through one of our former students, Rachel Zeillinger, who went on the trip a year ago.
These 3 students were great to work with. They had awesome attitudes, really enjoyed the kids, and even brought some of their own equipment (including ELON University soccer balls). We are really hoping to continue the relationship with Elon over the years as these guys were such a treat to work with.
This was the first week of school for the new year, so that caused a few challenges. We had scheduled the clinics for Wednesday-Friday, but school started Wednesday. So, at Kleinberg, the teachers hadn't been with the kids to tell them about the clinic. Andy and I went around to kids' houses that we had addresses for (or called if we had phone numbers) to remind them about the clinic. It also ended up being about 95 degrees that day! So, our numbers were small for that one, but we had a great time.
At the other schools things went a little smoother. Kids were more aware of the clinic, so we had pretty big crowds of around 30 kids at each. Our theme for these clinics was "Ubuntu". We wanted to explain the meaning of the word, so that they could better understand what we are about. Now they know that we desire for them to come together as a community realizing that we all celebrate or suffer together, much like what happens in a soccer game.
Unfortunately on Friday Kelly wasn't feeling well, so she couldn't join us, but Trevor and JD seemed to have spoken so highly about their experience that they brought along new helpers, Taylor and Kyle. Kyle even plays for the Women's soccer team at Elon, and they were awesome help, too.
This was another great time amongst the community. We are excited about the next steps as God is building the relationship with the schools. Now, we just need to keep getting churches on board. Thanks for your prayers!
These 3 students were great to work with. They had awesome attitudes, really enjoyed the kids, and even brought some of their own equipment (including ELON University soccer balls). We are really hoping to continue the relationship with Elon over the years as these guys were such a treat to work with.
This was the first week of school for the new year, so that caused a few challenges. We had scheduled the clinics for Wednesday-Friday, but school started Wednesday. So, at Kleinberg, the teachers hadn't been with the kids to tell them about the clinic. Andy and I went around to kids' houses that we had addresses for (or called if we had phone numbers) to remind them about the clinic. It also ended up being about 95 degrees that day! So, our numbers were small for that one, but we had a great time.
At the other schools things went a little smoother. Kids were more aware of the clinic, so we had pretty big crowds of around 30 kids at each. Our theme for these clinics was "Ubuntu". We wanted to explain the meaning of the word, so that they could better understand what we are about. Now they know that we desire for them to come together as a community realizing that we all celebrate or suffer together, much like what happens in a soccer game.
Unfortunately on Friday Kelly wasn't feeling well, so she couldn't join us, but Trevor and JD seemed to have spoken so highly about their experience that they brought along new helpers, Taylor and Kyle. Kyle even plays for the Women's soccer team at Elon, and they were awesome help, too.
This was another great time amongst the community. We are excited about the next steps as God is building the relationship with the schools. Now, we just need to keep getting churches on board. Thanks for your prayers!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Next round of clinics
This week the Christmas break is finally ending. Kids go back to school on Wednesday and we are having some visitors. We have 3 students from Elon University in North Carolina that are coming to work with us for 3 days this week. They will be helping us with 3 clinics this week. We'll be repeating with the same schools we worked with before and then adding Simon's Town School the following week. We're excited to get back to work and working with kids again. We'll be updating you later this week!
Casey
Casey
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