Clinty<\/p>\n
1) Bowling David Asiji first ball and thereafter christening him \u2018Bunny\u2019
\n2) Being able to make people smile with a High-5 at the crazy school in Kisumu
\n3) Watching the high quality game from the coaches at the Kisumu Academy after just a morning\u2019s training. <\/p>\n
Mac<\/p>\n
1) Quote from Richard upon arrival at a school playing field\u2026\u201dcatching practice over there, bowling over there and fielding practice by the cow!\u201d
\n2) On safari\u2026being brave going to the toilet by myself (Tracey where were you!?), jump back on the bus, drive 50 meters down the road to find 2 lions!!
\n3) Arriving at the slum schools or orphanages to find 500 very excited children and to see the pure joy on their faces as Richard sends anywhere between 20 and 80 towards you for a cricket session. Very humbling that something as simple as playing catch with them can bring such pleasure to their lives.<\/p>\n
Moth<\/p>\n
1) The amazing view at Safari and seeing the Lions (walking lions). After a 5:30am start that certainly woke me up!
\n2) Straining not to cry with laughter in the headmasters office after noticing that a previous headmaster of the school was called \u201cMr. R.D. Dikshit\u201d.
\n3) Arriving at the 1st school waiting on the field in position running over the exact structure for the session, to then witness wave after wave after wave of kids running towards you. Trying to individually entertain 80 odd kids for an hour and a half was definitely an experience I won\u2019t forget!<\/p>\n
Deeps<\/p>\n
1) Having a young girl at a tournament tell me she would name her firstborn \u2018Deeps\u2019 after me. I wasn\u2019t sure whether this was an elaborate \u2018chat up line\u2019 or a transparent attempt to get me to umpire her side more favourably. Probably the latter!
\n2) Seeing David J on the roof of a building site taking an \u2018aerial shot\u2019 of David Assiji\u2019s HIV awareness talk. It was a complete surprise but a good example of \u2018out of box thinking\u2019.
\n2a) Seeing David safely return from the roof! I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t hav to explain what might have gone wrong to Mrs Jamieson!
\n3) A wonderful photo of the children at New Hope Orphanage holding up pencils my mum and I had bought for them <\/p>\n
DJ<\/p>\n
1) Seeing the mass of children from the poorest area smiling and laughing as they enjoyed playing cricket \u2013 maybe for the first time.
\n2) The teacher training students from Kericho College who at once showed innocent pleasure in learning how to teach the AIDS message through cricket and great maturity in their understanding of their future importance as educators of Kenya\u2019s children.
\n3) Mrs J would certainly have had something to say about my geriatric attempts at climbing vehicles and buildings.
\n4) The most moving moment was when a girl of 14\/15 led her school in singing a song \u2013 is this an innocence we have lost in the UK ?<\/p>\n
Nishant<\/p>\n
1) Starting a catching game with a few boys who were waiting for their sisters to finish school at St Teresa\u2019s Girls School in Kisumu. Zachary was 12 years old and the joy on his face was clear to see when we gave him and the other kids a ball and T-shirt each \u2013 even though most of the T-shirts were terribly oversized! Imagine my surprise when we turned up at another school a couple of days later, and Zachary ran out to me and hugged me!
\n2) Sheilla\u2019s hug.
\n3) Richard carefully instructing us about which games to play\u20262 minutes later, 500 kids sprinting at us, and he shouts: \u201cForget the plans, just have fun!\u201d Summed up the trip well!<\/p>\n
Rich<\/p>\n
1) The evolvement of the volunteer\u2019s coaching skills and their adaptability.
\n2) The excitement on the bus as a male lion lay 15 feet away with Tim\u2019s excited cry of \u201c it\u2019s walking\u201d when spotting a second approaching. How did he think they moved?
\n3) Pineapple Fanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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