Football at Rainbow!

Football is a big deal in Africa!  Well, it's pretty much a big deal everywhere in the world!  But at Rainbow, we have the chance to see amazing soccer right outside our front door!  Here are some pictures of the Rainbow football team. 

I loved the sun in this picture! 

Rainbow A team!  Love the Rainbow jerseys!  (Black and yellow)

Scrimmage with the Rainbow kids! Thank you to those of you who donated old Clinton jerseys!  They're being used DAILY!

Ms. Karen gets in on the action!

Reece and CJ are good! ;)

Baby J is usually a part of the action wherever it is!  Here he is throwing a woofle ball to the girls! 

George hanging with the smaller boys watching the game!

Tania loving on Evelene and Toerra!

Rainbow won!  Celebrate!

AJ and Rivers are in on this scrimmage! 

And who's goalie? ;)

Go AJ!

While some play soccer the girls decide to color.

Fun times and everyday life at Rainbow!

Soccer goals for Rainbow!

The children of Rainbow have new soccer goals!  We felt that it was important to have the Rainbow team a field where they could practice, play, and bring other teams to.  In this way the staff and missionaries of Rainbow have more of a direct impact upon the teams and their children.  It is our hope that we can use football/soccer to reach the youth of this area for Christ.  

Praise God for providing funds for the soccer goals.  

Below are some of the Rainbow boys trying out the newly placed goals!

Random pic of one of our three amazing guard dogs!  This is Sam!  Isn't he beautiful!

AJ painting the soccer goals

May everything we say and do bring glory to Christ alone!

Gusu/Jidi Evangelism Weekend- July 2012 (Sports Ministry)

Another aspect of our Gusu/Jidi Evangelism weekend was the football (Soccer) tournament.  This was a huge deal for the community.  And the fact that E3 brought actual trophies, medals, and monetary gifts for the winners meant even more.  Driving out of the area the next day on our way home we could see some of the proud owners of the medals wearing them around their necks.  

8 football teams played 7 a-side games of 60 minutes.  The competition was great!  There were thousands of people in attendance to watch the tournament.  Praise God!

Sports Outreach Ministries (S.O.M.) with ABC grads and missionaries.  

Another great success for the E3 football tournament.  Gusu/Jidi came in 2nd place!  

One crazy night!

Last night was a crazy upon crazy night. Tink has ballet in another town on Monday's so we leave at 3:30 for dance. She had a soccer game re-scheduled for last night that I found out about at lunch time. So we changed from dance clothes to soccer clothes in the car and I took her straight to the game. Once I dropped her off I had to run across the street to the ball park for Man-Man's first t-ball game. He was so excited! I remember his first game last year he was so scared he wouldn't even bat. But this year he was all about it! It made it even more fun that Miss Jessica came to pick him up from his game to take him skating! I'm not sure which he was more excited about!!!

I made it back from t-ball in order to watch the second half of Tink's soccer game. They are a great little team who only lost one game this year (and that was by one point!). They had a team party at Chick-fil-A after the game so we rushed over there for supper. What a crazy...but fun day! Who says homeschooled kids aren't socialized???!!! We just do it when/and with whom we want. That, my friend, is the difference!

Enjoy the pics.

Jill