Our first day of training went very well, except it got started on "Haitian Time" which means about an hour late.
It is a little scary when you have done so much preparation and then no one is there when it is supposed to start. You think I would be used to this after working so long in Haiti, but I'm not.
However, when things did get rolling they went very nicely and everyone who attended seemed to absorb the material and respond well to questions.
We talked about the structure of AIS Haiti and how we now are in 7 of the 11 departements or states in Haiti, are working with 50 teams and have almost 1,000 players on our teams. All this is run by approximately 260 volunteers.
We also discovered some problems with equipment distribution which we are hoping to resolve while we're here. After all, you can't play soccer is you don't have soccer balls - and some of our teams tell us that the ones they had are all ruined. We popped a ball on thorns just today when we were playing for fun.
First aid and ministry reports were also on the agenda today, as well as a form we are going to have all parents sign if they want their children to play on our teams. It talks about our responsibilities to our players and the parent's responsibilities in case their children are injured, etc.
It is amazing to see how our leaders have put what we have taught them into practice up until now. We are praying that this new set of leaders will do the same!
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