The past three months Ali and Shadrach have been playing Upward Basketball. I have loved the program. It is run through several different churches in the area. During their practice, they have a 15 min. devotional where they apply character traits like being Christlike, responsibility, and honesty to life situations and basketball situations.
Shadrach loved every min. of it. However, after three months he still never got the ball to even touch the rim. That didn't bother him at all though. He focused on what a good defender he was and enjoyed the success of his team.
Ali on the other hand seem to have a talent for it. This was her first time doing any kind of sport. She learned how to make baskets right away. She scored almost every game and some times scored as many as 8 points. So we will have to see what happens with her basketball skills.
We are glad both of them enjoy basketball. Even though we are not athletic, we see understanding sports as something essential in our culture. So we will contiue sports but probably not like most parents do. We are doing it more for the educational benifits of understand American culture than actually wanting our children to play in college or something like that.
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