One of my favorite things to do here at Kudjip is to get together with the other missionaries and play basketball. Due to work, we usually play on the weekends in between the rain storms. We try and get as many players as we can, and often have enough for 2-2, 2-3, or 3-3, but at times we go 1-1-1. One of the first questions we ask the new volunteers is if they play basketball or not. We currently have quite a few players - Jim, Bill, Jeff, Scot, Kristen (new school teacher), Kevin (vol FP
resident), Mike (new hospital project director, has some bad knees, but we will get him to join us), and myself. Thankfully a number of us are doctors, so if someone gets injured, like when Bill dislocated his thumb, we can quickly a
ttend to them. This is especially encouraging to me knowing my shoulder could come out again. We recently put on a new backboard on the hoop where we play when Tim Radcliffe was home over Christmas. There is also a hoop at the old Ward House, where I often go to shoot when we don't have a game going. At times, Bill, Jim, or Mike has joined me and then we have played 1-1 in the grass - which is somewhat challenging, but fun. If anyone is coming to visit - you will have to try and figure out how to stop Jeff's running hook shot. It doesn't look pretty, but more often than not it goes in and we haven't been able to stop it yet.
