Phrase of the day: Y por, "Nosotros querremos jugar futbol", quisieron decir... And by, "We want to play soccer", you really meant...
Finally! The rains have been dying down... the girls in the vacation program seem very interested. It's time to begin planning girls soccer!
Or Futbol para Ninas, if you will. A few hours ago I had my first meeting about beginning a girls soccer program in San Isidro. I passed out these invitations to all of the girls and parents of girls that I could find.
The setup was pretty sweet. I borrowed a projector from the local youth group, got the keys for the main hall in the high school, and made some sign-up sheets for future coaches/referees and players.
If you didn't notice the meeting time on the invitation, it began at 3pm and ended at 4pm.
Yeah, that's okay, this is Ecuador. I'll just watch the boys play outside while I wait...
... While I wait to clean up. Fail.
At least there's nothing like a fig batido(fruitshake) after another succesful day.
Right. No worries, that was only my first attempt. Seeing as how this is one of the main reasons I came here, I won't be giving up any time soon.
Sad...I've been there too, many times! Did you offer free food, that helps! Also, aggressively harassing the people you know to come to the meeting and bring their friends to support your project. Just curious, what ages are you recruiting?
ReplyDeletei thought about the free food... but the junta isn't helping me, so i didn't feel like paying for everything on my own again. i will for sure next time!
ReplyDeletei was actually calling girls of all ages to attend the meeting. the idea was to get a good list of people interested, to see how many balls, jerseys, coaches we need.