Well the Kenyan Premier League kicked off this weekend and man has it been a show! The first game that started was Gor Mia verse Posta Rangers. Gor finished third last season in the KPL and has one of if not the biggest fan base in the league. At least 8,000 are usually in attendance. Well this weekend they played against their cross town rivals and were taking a beating. Around the 72nd minute, the fans suddenly became angry and hostile and apparently decided that they wanted to literally tell their coach how mad they were. I don't know if they charged the field or what, but it got so bad that the refs called the game and it went down in the books as a Rangers win 3 nil.
While that has taken the headlines, the Nairobi City Stars squared away against Karuturi Sport. The game was two hours away and unfortunately, I missed the whole first half due to Nairobi traffic. Sometimes, it's not easy leaving in a big city. Anyways, I have been given an all access pass by the KPL. Which means that I can be in the press box, on the field, and have free tickets to any KPL and national games! BOO YA! So, I'm kind of a big deal. Not really, but I definitely took advantage of my pass and went on the field to take a few pictures with my small Cannon. I seriously need to consider getting a better camera if I'm going to take advantage of this opportunity and give our website some more free marketing.
Anyways, things this week have been good. The Petra Boys had a scrimmage against a 2nd division team, we're first division amateur, so they were supposed to be the better team by far. Notice the word supposed to be. Yup. We went down 1 nil pretty early in the first half and then came back and won the game 2 - 1! So proud of those boys.
This week I've had a new room mate, Dave Waters, who is from Cape Town, stay at our apartment. He works with an elite youth academy in South Africa and came up to see our program. It's been fun hanging out with him and talking football 24/7. We literally talk about it all day.
If you wouldn't mind, please be praying for him and for my mission organization AIS. Yesterday, one of Dave's friend's and AIS coach unexpectedly passed away. He was in his early thirties and it has just really come as a shock to the organization. This is Dave's first friend who has passed away so he's still learning how to process and cope with the recent events.
Thanks so much for keeping up with me. It has been a joy and a privilege to work over here and see all the work that God is doing. Love you guys.
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