Deportes - Sports

We have been keeping busy with different things for the past few weeks, and I thought I should update everyone on what we are up to.  Ryan has been busy being a participant on a few sports teams while I have been a cheerleader to him. 

Rey Diaz who is the US Liason to AFE has an American football team down here in Tegucigalpa, and Ryan has been playing tight end – the other tight ends are huge compared to him, but he has been doing a great job.  Most of the players are gang members or ex-gang members and are covered in tattoos which here in Honduras, tattoos are a huge sign of gang activity.  This causes the football games to sometimes turn into a hockey game where fights break out…and if they don’t happen during the game, they happen after.  Rey does a great job of cooling his team down when things get out of control, and is always looking out for Ryan and JJ when they play.

Warm-Up

Ryan is wearing a black practice jersey, far left

Ryan is kicking the soccer ball, yellow shirt

Ryan has also been playing soccer with the AFE soccer team which is made up of teachers and students.  They played Pinares, which is a rich, American private school last week and got their butts kicked, but Ryan said that it was still really fun to play with Rene who is a graduating senior this year from AFE and has dreams of being a famous soccer player but will probably fall back on becoming a civil engineer – just like Ryan. 

When Ryan feels like he hasn’t had enough sports in the week, he’ll go to an American scrimmage at one of the American high schools where a lot of people who work at the US Embassy will go, as well as other missionaries just to play ball.  I am hoping to get in the game when my back starts to feel better!