Track and Field day

so in case you are interested, here is the full name of the primary school founded and run by the ASAM missions team. Mucombezi Interior Primary School (a.k.a MIPS or ASAM school) this is where i get all the beautiful pictures of the children i want to smuggle home with me! it is also on the top of the list of places the teams will visit as a way to submerge into the culture.

the Stellenbosch team form South Africa brought two bikes, as they did last year, to donate to the school for the highest achieving student. i think this bike is a little too small for this young fella but he can have a stab at earning the small red one.

the school was in a buzz with laughter and cheering as all the students competed in various games which included: long jump, high jump, short distance running, shot putt, tug-of-war, and my favourite, an intense game of soccer, where i end up feeling humbled by my inability to out run the fourth and fifth graders.

the preschoolers show off their strength in a game of tug-of -war.

after seeing the little one have a go at tug-of-war, it is just a given that the adults have to try as well. we had a all out game of girls against guys! use girls though we would be smart by tricking the guys and letting go of the rope on the count of three so they would tumble to the ground in embarrassment. the whole idea was a flop when the rope just fell to the ground because of the fact that the guys had the exact same idea! we all just sortof stood there perplexed for a moment wondering why the other team didn't fall. we had a good laugh and picked up the rope to try again. for real. i think we were all extra motivated to beat the other team because the flag lingered in the middle for some time. and then our strength was reviled when the rope broke! this photo is just seconds before the rope snapped and hit me with a incredible force. i sat on the ground stunned trying to analyze just how bad was this injury. luckily with a little ice the swelling went down and the healing was speedy.