Red Light Green Light.

After dealing with a few days of not feeling so well, I am finally starting to feel better! According to the U.S. embassy doctor, whose kids go to KICS, I had salmonella. How I got it I do not know. I think that is apart of living in Africa, sometimes you just don't know where you get things from. Anyways, I am doing fine. I am just watching what I eat so I can get the good bacteria built up and back into my system. Over the course of the last few days several events have occurred. First, I moved from living in the Food for the Hungry guest house to living in the home of Ntumba's. They have a big house with a few luxaries, so I definitely am feeling quite priviledged at the moment. I will be here for a month before Amy, Linda, and I move into our permanent house, which is only a few blocks from where I am now and the school. Also, the second event to occur was I met with Felicity the President of Rwanda's Women's National Soccer Team. She is a very strong, capable woman who some men involved in the Women's programs are threatened by. They are threatened because she really desires to see women have a chance in this society and she is not afraid to challenge those individuals who are using the program for job security and money. She wants women's soccer to excel, which is why FIFA appointed her President and Nike is hiring her full time. Thankfully there is a group of people, including the German coaches who have been brought in to help with training, who fully support Felicity including Kyle (National Head Coach), Caleb (fitness trainer), and myself who also desire to see women have a chance through the game of soccer/ football. The meeting with Felicity was quite productive. She has cleared me to play for one of their professional teams in the region called Ramera! Also, there is talk between her and Kyle about my involvement both coaching and playing with the National team. I will update on that as it comes. All that aside, life is good here. The children I run into every day continue to make me smile. They are some of the most sweet, fun individuals to be around. Today when I went for a run I came across some school children. They all caught up to walk with me. We started playing a pseudo game of red light green light where if I sped up so did they, if I slowed down so did they, if I stopped they stopped too. All of us just kept laughing out loud and smiling.