The One where the kids get the camera

So, Joe had a great idea. Instead of trying to take pictures of ourselves, why not just let the kids have a camera and go crazy. Well, that just what they did, and 412 pictures later, about 50 of them were not blurry or pictures of the ground!

The day started with a soccer game and moved to hilarity after dinner. Click on the pictures to make the image slightly bigger. This post is split up into two parts, with the second one just below this. Click more to expand the post. Captions are below the photo.

The afternoon kicked off with a game of soccer on the big field a couple minutes outside the orphanage. There were still a couple of puddles from rain the day before, but nobody seemed to mind.

Zaqeu and Salmon get out of the way

Everybody from the orphanage came to watch the monumental smackdown on the field, including Claudia and Dorcas.

Jordao (far left) with Dorcas, Leonora, and Atija

Gisela and Silas

We live right next to the electrical substation, and so I wanted to include this picture to show that. I also wanted to include it because Merecido looks like the fastest man alive.

Every picture I've ever seen of Martinho he looks like he's ready to attack something.

Mauricio and Graça

If I remember this play, the ball was coming really fast and Gabriel jumped out of the way.

A massive scramble

I like to think that in this picture Samito and Merecido hit an invisible force field at the same time. But then again, I'm a huge nerd, so it's probably both of them trying to kick the ball at the same time.

Isaty with a great save standing next to John Fisher.

The great philosopher Joe once said "Ludo ergo sum. I play, therefore I am."

Samito and Mauricio. If you blow the picture up, you can see Mauricio is wearing an awesome Jurassic Park: The Lost World t shirt.

Goalie Isaty doing flips after his team scored

"The Plate" Maparato. The picture of 110% intensity.

Yours truly posing for my shot

Yours truly not posing, but being caught in a goofy stance

Felix is the only one with shin guards. Everyone calls him a girl (no offense to any girls that read this).

Merecido thought the camera was a little too invasive

Our fans/family. Except for Daniel. His head got cut off.

I love picture of people when they're talking.

I have absolutely no idea why people pose the way they do here, but they just do. Meet Virginia.

And Graça

and Ronilda

Vovo (center) and "The Plate" Maparato on the left.

Again, more posing.