Bangkok International Ten's

This weekend is the Bangkok International Ten's Rugby tournament, where teams from all around Bangkok and the world come to raise money for Nak Suu and other charities. So naturally, since we are apart of Nak Suu, we have to help work the tournament. A sports DTS from Perth flew in to help us as part of their outreach, so that was extremely helpful. Kayla, Michelle, and Tim (a member of the sports DTS), and I were in charge of selling raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle. Where half the proceeds earned went to the winner and the other half was donated to Nak Suu. We were out in the sun, walking around all day trying to sell these tickets. The only problem is neither Kayla or I like to try and sell stuff to people we don't know, so we recruited a bunch of people to help us and in the end we got 15,000 baht worth. Hopefully tomorrow we can do better, maybe it won't be so hot.

Rugby is a really cool sport, I wish it was more popular in the States. For those of you who don't know, its basically a combination of soccer and football. They can kick the ball, throw it, and completely tackle, but there are no pads and obviously the rules are very different. The first half of today was just a little kids tournament, so some of the younger teams were playing touch but others were playing tackle. It was insane how tough some of the kids are. There were four Nak Suu kid's teams, only one did pretty well and the others struggle. But, just remember,Nak Suu is a organization that teaching kids front he slum how to play rugby, learn b about God and learn some English, because otherwise they cannot afford it. Later in the day, the men's teams played. We got to watch our Nak Suu Warriors climb to the top of the tournament, in a face off for the finals tomorrow! It was so cool watching them slide, jump, tackle,m and protect each other from the crazy huge opposing players. I am excited for tomorrow to see more men's games, especially the Warriors. Go Nak Suu!!!