Monday, June 28, 2010

World Cup

Of the six teams from Africa who entered world cup play, only Ghana is going through to the second round. Naturaly I was cheering for the U.S. but now I will be rooting for Ghana. I want to share a quote that I read after the Ghana victory; " “Today, little boys all over Africa are carrying their soccer balls and dreaming big dreams.” It would be great if this were true. I am sure little boys are dreaming big dreams, but most are not carrying their soccer balls.

I have been to Africa 8 times and have been around thousands of children. I have yet to see a child who owned their own soccer ball. We have distributed hundreds of soccer balls to children at schools, clinics, and churches. We take these simple things for granted, but for a child in most African countries, a soccer ball is an indescribale gift.

We will continue to bring soccer balls to Africa. Please let me know if you are interested in helping in any way.


stay off the paved road ....
--craig

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a huge privilege it was to accompany you and the team to Africa this past year. It has touched me deeply. Awesome column. Love Susan