GOOOOOOOOL!!!

Soccer is more than just a sport to all of the kids that live in Ica. Around 4:00pm-5:00pm they all get together at the soccer feild accross from the house we're builing. Not many of them own their own soccer ball. So, I brought mine from home and I bring it with me when we go out to the job site. They can't wait for me to get done working so we can get a game going. Oh, and get this, some of them play bare-foot on a concrete field! Just goes to show you how often they must be playing to build up those calluses.

To help you get an idea of how much they teasure soccer, the first time I let some of the kids play with my ball, they thought that it was a gift. A few other kids had come out to play and then they started arguing over whose ball it was. I actually saw one of the older kids try to walk home with it. I had to stop him and try to explain that it was for everybody to play with while I was there. It was definately an eye opener to see how possesive they can be over little things. But to them, a soccer ball is more valuable than a car would be to us.