During my second half of my
internship we split the mariposa team into two, the mariposa juniors and the
mariposa seniors. Hassell and I lead the juniors and we have an awesome little
team that consists of 15 girls. We have a wonderful time with them always, as
they are respectful, good listeners and come ready and excited for what we have
prepared for them. The unfortunate thing about our little girls is that there
isn’t much competition in Granada and games for them are few and far between.
Finding teams for them to play is an on-going process and I imagine that one
day there will be a soccer league that resembles that of the clubs in the U.S.
all with good time.
Luckily one day we were able to play a group of girls from
a local school on a Saturday. It was the first time the girls got to gear up in
their black and white uniforms and play girls other than themselves. We won the
game with the winning goal scored by one of my favorite girls, Andy. The girls have
learned what good passing looks and feels like and the ball ended up in all the
right places to score the goal. I’ve never seen such an awesome victory
celebration, all the girls ran up to Andy cheering, screaming and hugging.
Their excitement for all things has showed me that even the little scores in
life need to be celebrated in big ways.