Last Saturday was a pretty exciting day. Jeff hosted a soccer tournament as an outreach ministry for unsaved teen boys. There were probably 12-15 teen boys and young men from our church in attendance and the the other 50-60 present were all visitors!
It was very, very hot (not unusual for the Yucatan) and Jeff had appointed me "store keeper" for the duration of the tournament. My job was to sell bottled water, chips, cokes, etc. (We were thinking that it would be a great way to recoup some of our expenses from the tournament.)
Well, everything was going great until the players came up and started asking me to GIVE them the coke or bottles of water! (Of course, what's the purpose of running a store if no one wants to buy?)
Shortly after explaining to the boys that it was only for sale, a grandmotherly type woman approached me. She was irate and thoroughly scolded me. She felt that her grandsons should given free drinks I mean after all, they were HER grandsons...not just any ol' grandchildren. Her main point... "water is a "free" natural resource". (Sure it is , if you want to drink it from the tap!!)
So, what did I learn from last Saturday...? Just buy bags of ice and cups and let the nationals drink like nationals!
