Barahona
Today was a tough day. But not in the normal sense. During the day we worked with a local church and Mark Hare and Jenny Bent (the two PCUSA mission coworkers) doing health checks for the children. They have a program already in. Place where they teach about healthy living and healthy eating. They also check the children's height, weight, and hemoglobin levels twice a year. We worked through about 75 children today. It went well (not smoothly, but well!)
It was after that when we had a rough experience....we found our way to the basketball courts in Barahona. We found our first real challenge. Our first game was a breeze, but then the real players walked on the court. I am not exaggerating when I say one guy was 6'8", one was 6'5", and another was 6'6", 250 pounds with shoulders that could be confused with basketballs due to the similarity in size. They whooped us. Three times in a row. They made us keep playing and we were exhausted. But it was a lot of fun! And Jimmy went into the fetal position midair after unsuccessfully trying to defend an alley-oop and I saw the whole thing! (translation - HE GOT DUNKED ON!) Oh, and andrew had a sweet dunk as well. Overall, it was a lot of fun, but they definitely let us know it was their court!! We will study some film and go over our defensive rotations to be ready for a rematch tomorrow.
Rob and Andrew
It was after that when we had a rough experience....we found our way to the basketball courts in Barahona. We found our first real challenge. Our first game was a breeze, but then the real players walked on the court. I am not exaggerating when I say one guy was 6'8", one was 6'5", and another was 6'6", 250 pounds with shoulders that could be confused with basketballs due to the similarity in size. They whooped us. Three times in a row. They made us keep playing and we were exhausted. But it was a lot of fun! And Jimmy went into the fetal position midair after unsuccessfully trying to defend an alley-oop and I saw the whole thing! (translation - HE GOT DUNKED ON!) Oh, and andrew had a sweet dunk as well. Overall, it was a lot of fun, but they definitely let us know it was their court!! We will study some film and go over our defensive rotations to be ready for a rematch tomorrow.
Rob and Andrew
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