Blogging with the Bice's: December 2007

Greg has gotten in to a routine of playing soccer pretty regularly with the boys from the orphanage. They play in an organized league (well, as organized as you get here) with games each Sunday. Last night while hanging out with the kids, they informed Greg that they desperately needed him to play in their game on Sunday at 9:00am. They were playing against a team much older and bigger then them, so they needed him to add to their intimidation factor…oh, and he’s good at soccer too! Greg gladly accepted the request and sure enough, we met up with them about an hour before the game. After squeezing into one of their uniforms, he was set to play. (The referee requires them to all dress alike, even if the shorts are really tight and short! That is Greg in the silver shorts on the left before....and on the right in the spandex....after he changed!)

The game drew a big crowd. Even farm animals were getting into it. I counted 3 dogs that ran across the field at separate times during the game. A donkey paced up and down the field behind the goal, and a big cow even made a cameo on the field (click on the box below to watch the video!)

However, this did not interrupt the game at all. They just kept on playing, acting as it if it were perfectly natural to have Mr. Ed and his fellow barnyard friends getting into the action on the field. Too funny! Sadly, the game ended and we were down one goal; we lost 4 – 3. However, if it weren’t for the support of our jungle friends, the deficit could have been greater!