Friday night is chess club night! We usually get about 10 kids playing chess and another half dozen playing ping pong and other games. Each week we have a 3-round tournament and the top three players get a small monetary prize (about $1 for first prize). But this week we changed things. Instead of those with the highest scores winning the prizes, those who exhibited the best sportsmanship took home the prizes! 1st place went to Chiquitín (which is translated, ,"Little One," but his real name is Carlos) for reminding his opponent to push the button on the chess clock after he moved and for not getting mad when another kid tried to trip him. 2nd place went to a kid for saying ,"Thank you,," and third place went to another kid for losing graciously. I've seen the kids do a lot of thinking during chess games, but I've never seen them look so pensive as tonight.
Good Sportsmanship
The Georges in Peru
About Us
We are Allen and Mary Beth George from Nebraska and Manitoba respectively. Allen has been serving in Peru with SIM since 2000 when he arrived with his late wife, Amy. Mary Beth has been serving in Peru since 2005. Sarah & Zach are both in their medical residencies in Chicago (Sarah in emergency medicine and Zach in family medicine). Ben is working for Ahlstrom-Munksjö in Taylorville, Illinois. Mia is in her 2nd year studying physical therapy at Loma Linda U. in California. Paul works as a programmer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.
What are we doing?
The Georges are church planting in Punta de Bombón, a town about about 6000 people on the coast of Peru.