World Cup, Check! Holiday Clubs, Check! Huge Soccer Tournament, Check!

The last 4 weeks have been exciting yet tiring for most of us at Living Hope. We had 4 straight weeks of Vacation Bible School along with soccer almost every night the first week and then tapering off as they got into the finals. We did get to have a little fun going to the U.S. Consulate to watch the USA games and it was such a blessing to be around a lot of Americans during this time. We had about 60 volunteers, both local and international, during this time and we also had 3 teams here helping with the clubs. We watched a lot of “football” (soccer), but nothing compares to American Football. Last Friday was the grand finale with about 750 kids playing matches for 3 hrs. We wrapped that up with the final game on Sunday. Mike was pulling for Spain, so he was happy with the finish of the World Cup. Most of the people in South Africa were for the Netherlands because of the Dutch background in this area. It is all quiet now and you can’t believe that all this took place over the last 4 weeks. We had covers for our side mirrors on our car and today we decided it was time to take them off. So everything is officially over!! Whew……..