Magome Day 2

Our first full day in Magome was Sunday. We woke up, had breakfast and the headed off to church. Church starts at 10:00. That means, people start showing up around 10:00 and the pastor rings the "bell" about 10:15 and then service starts about 10:30. With the addition of the welcoming ceremony, we were in church until about 2:00. It may sound like a long time, but it went by quickly - there Sunday service has a lot of singing. Below is a picture taken from our seats during the service - some people dancing in the aisles, others singing and clapping along.

After a relatively quick lunch, we hiked up a steep hill - at least we thought it was - to the primary school. Since all the kids of Magome hike up that hill every day to go to school, no one from Magome thought the hill was that bad. At the school, they had a football (soccer) game between Magome and a nearby village. I think all of us were expecting kids 8-12 to play, but it was high schoolers or a little older that played. They had been holding off on the game until the special guests from Minnesota arrived. So, after we arrived and Jack gave a quick talk to the players, the game started. Below is a picture of some action from the game.It was a hard struggle with much cheering. We taught some folks "Lets go Magome! Lets go!". Unfortunately, Magome lost 1-0.