On football

Hello.

I have been playing football with the UCU team while here and I would like to fill you in on some stuff about it.

• They use the numbered position system i.e. right winger is 7, left winger 11, attacking center mid 8, etc. My Gordon coach, Jake Declute, just taught us this last semester, and I would have looked like an idiot if I hadn't of known. Thanks Jake!
• My coach here at UCU is a former Ugandan national team player. He's old now, but he's still a stud.
• The African players I have come across are very athletic and strong, some are strong technically (others aren't because there is usually only one ball around, if that), and they aren't as advanced tactically.
• I play for a team called Free Stars United. I have played in three matches, and scored the winner in my debut. 
• I have played a bit of #10 while here and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
• My ankle has been doing just fine (I injured it last fall).
• Playing here makes me want to come back for grad school just so that my playing days don't end this November...
• A guy I play with has an old Gordon College jersey that had been donated. It was very strange to play with a dude wearing a Gordon kit all the way over here. 
• The guys on the team are some of the nicest people I have ever met.
• I have practice right now, so this post must end.

Peace to y'all. See you all very soon (I only have three weeks left in Uganda and a couple weeks in Rwanda, then I'm home).

Love,

Chuck