Thursday, November 24, 2005

Girls' Soccer and "Hello Same"

We are in Dili and after a great Thanksgiving dinner at our boss's house. So, with a full belly I can report that we are doing well and Kuku, as my mom said to me when I was younger, is growing in to her ears. She's looking good and having fun (and getting into trouble and worrying us crazy).
Lots has happened since I wrote last. The girls' soccer team we've been working with actually had a game, 5 players v. 5 players, against another team from within our district. And the great part was, with a full crowd watching, our team won 5-1. Our Australian friends filmed it and even made a highlight film with music and slow motion replays. He's still working on it but when it's done we'll watch it with the girls and we'll have a nice souvenir to bring home.
I also got to play in a game myself when the Ministry of Education played the Ministry of Agriculture last Tuesday morning. It was like an adult league game back home. I started at forward and actually scored the first goal, dribbling it in from midfield. We won 4-1.

The Aussies also asked us to do an English-teaching radio show with them every Monday night. We start the show by playing Mountain Road, a Same version of John Denver's Country Road, and then we read a dialogue they wrote up and then we sing it again to end it. I actually play the guitar, too.