Week 2

Morning Malawi,

What a great way start the by driving half way to the lodge.  We get stuck in the mud twice or three times.  I lost count how many times before heading to the Lodge.

It doesn't stop there. We're stopped by police before heading to St.Paul. Because the insurance was expired.  We were only allowed to go until we had the a new insurance sticker on the windscreen.  Robbie radio the lodge saying our diemella, to Zane. Like wildfire, news speared quite quickly.  After a few minutes (an hour later), evenaully we got to the St . Paul. We a few smiles and stirred eyes looking at us, some was unpleasant looks. I too     wouldn't be to pleased seeing two Arsenal people turning up late.
Dispite all the delays. We managed to have a great hour and a half session. You see the changes on their smiles on their faces, downside is all the pictures from that day, was corrupted by memory card. (Stupid memory card!) now, I'm just using the phone memory only.

As the week continues.  The coaches and teachers wanted us to monitor them, while they did their session. In the four day of 'coaching coaches' they were all competent in what they were capable of doing. It was definitely, a long four days, now some the coaches and teachers had the cheek to ask for our jerseys.  There was one in particular moment I had question from a teachers or coaches was 'Cedric, when your done with your socks, I will have them.' My responses. 'These are my work clothes.' It's a bit of shock they would ask for my socks. The next day that same person asked, 'Do you have my socks?' He was persistent that he wanted a football socks. Usual you get this attitude from kids not from adults.
Anyway, I got my first interview from a local radio station called 'Community Radio' I felt like celebrity,  their questions was based on, what are we here to do and if we had any equipment to give away. My answers were 'We're here to build a foundation for the teachers to have knowledge that they can take on.'

Not forgetting, I was driving a 4x4 that didn't get stuck in the mud. To me it was beast riding around. This week was interesting how to cope with awkward questions and trying to get coaches attention and reinforce positive comments. Overall, the teachers and coaches were reacting well to all the session we've done. Using about three ball to 26 people was a great achievement. The numbers did increase during the days.