Day 5: Duncan

Today was sports day. We woke up bright and early to make our selves a breakfast of fresh scrambled egg. At this point Joey and I (duncan) are the only ones residing in the Karibu house. We meet up with the rest of our intrepid travelers and prepare for the sports and activities that we were sure to face. Every visitor was divided into one of four student teams: nyati (water buffalo), ndovu (elephant), symba (lion), chui( leopard). Riley and I were placed on nyati. Our first task was to assist a teacher and help paint all of our teammates with facepaint/warpaint. After that was finished we ran in as a group shouting chants and getting hyped for a day of good hearted competition. Sports happened, and eventually we came to the most exciting part: Mike's moment in the sun. It happened suddenly and unexpectedly during the faculty versus parent soccer game. While all of us youth knew that Mike's prowess on the field was unmatched, we didn't know how truly impactful he would be until the game started. The game was pretty standard until the second half. Mike came off the bench to sub for Joey and that's when something truly magical happened. Almost immediately the faculty teammates rifled the ball to Mike. At that moment it seemed that the world stopped spinning. There was total silence. All that existed or ever would come to be was the ball and the goal. Clouds parted, lighting a shining path to the goal. Mike scores. He also scored later on, which was cool. After sports day was done it was time to clean up. Coincidentally it was also time to rain. Ginny, Maddie and I forged forward to pick up litter in the middle of a monsoon. After the typhoon made its rounds, the rest of the posse made its way to stay at the Karibu house. We were united. It started to rain again. To pass the time we made a scarecrow out of a pineapple and called it Pineapple Jim. It scared Mike. Dinner came and went and the posse started a very weird game of cards. Our leaders got frustrated at our lack of seriousness and we decided it would be best if we all just called it a night.