Basketball in Rwanda is fast, popular, and physical. At a local tournament over the weekend, the largest cheers went to players who made one-handed dunk shots around the outstreatched hands of their opponents, and two-handed dunk shots that left them dangling from the rim like ripe fruit ready to fall. One match-up featured a team of giants against another of amazingly agile ball-handlers. The three-point accuracy of the smaller team was no match for the slower but more powerful behemoths, and led to an easy victory. The dusty court was outdoors but protected from the sun by a large awning, and the concrete bleechers could seat hundreds. That's Claude watching the game with Karl.
5 comments:
Hi Patricia and Karl,
Your blog is sooooo Cool!
This is Erin sitting with Anna in Brooklyn. We feel weird being the ones on the other end of this transaction! Now we are in the US and you guys are abroad!
Well I hope that you are both doing great and having fun in beautiful Rwanda!
Much love,
Erin
Hi guys! Erin is feeding me well!
Love lots and lots,
your daughter
Thanks for posting! We wish you were here.
Hi Patricia and Karl,
I just logged on and read your blog from start to finish, loving your dancing, singing, learning the language, and watching the basketball game. Most of all I loved the video of you in the hospital and the information you are sharing about the medical situation there. Thank you for your important work in all these ways. I can't wait to see you when you get back. Love, Meg
PS did your bags show up?!
Thanks Meg!
Our bags showed up minus a computer we had bought for someone here. I just posted more of our medical work here and am looking forward to seeing you, too, and hearing about YOUR adventures.
Love,
Patricia
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