We arranged with the Bishop that we could use some of the Young Men's ward budget to purchase some drink and food for after the game. Sister Thomas and Wendy helped organized all this and we brought it out to Sada.
The event started slowly because the Sada Elders had not made all the arrangements with the other missionaries and when we got to the field we were told that we needed to go to the Whittlesea Municipality and pay the R70 to book the field. The Elders got to the field 1 1/2 hours after the original start time.
The lower left picture is of our Bishop who left school early to get to the field on time only to discover that it was delayed by two hours. The conclusion is that the next time we need to do better planning particularly when we have involved the ward or branches. When the missionaries are involved, we need the activity to be well planned and to start on time.
Actually, there were some Elders with some very good soccer skills and you could tell that they had played a great deal in their youth. Surprisingly, Elders from the United States played along with those from England and South Africa. Of course, there were some who played a bit of a cross between American grid iron and basketball. Soccer is a very different skill set. All of the Elders, either very good or not, are just a bit out on timing. You could see passes were leading just a bit to much or that players were half of a step slower right now.
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