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Tadious Manyepo, Harare Bureau
MICHAEL Charamba and Richard Hachiro have become more than just Chicken Inn teammates.
They have become more than just best friends.
They are now a family bound together by their religious beliefs.
Although Charamba attends the Tabernacle and Grace Ministries and Hachiro goes to Glad Tidings, the two have connected very well.
And it is their team which seems to be reaping so much from the pair’s spirituality.
Charamba, who is one of the best players in the league this season, paraded a Biblical verse on a T-shirt inside his jersey, while celebrating Chicken Inn’s second goal against Highlanders on Sunday.
That assurance goal took the game beyond Bosso and helped the Prince Matore team to within six points of the leaders with 13 matches still to be played this term.
“I do this often. I have a mission to spread the word of God,” said Charamba.
“I have scored seven goals this season and at every turn, I have displayed a different Bible verse.
“The aim is to share the Word with everyone from players to the fans.
“My celebrations are never provocative in nature. I just roll up my shirt and allow everyone to read the Bible messages printed there. By doing that, I hope to touch souls.”
Charamba, who has also recorded five assists this season said his conversations with teammates are mostly centred on spirituality.
“I have wonderful teammates. We might not be all congregants of my church but we click a lot since we all believe there is an Almighty God in heaven.
“I am very happy with how they respond to the messages. We pray a lot with them and I feel the environment is very much enabling for me”.
And Hachiro has also joined Charamba in ministering the Word.
“Hachiro (Richard) has also joined me. We are now family. He goes to a different church but we are kept together by the universality of the Bible teachings,” Charamba said.
“In all we do, we put God first. We have a group as a team and often, we discuss the Bible and I am very happy. I grew up a Christian and getting to work in an environment that also allows one to impart the word to others is a blessing”.
Charamba said Chicken Inn might be six points behind Highlanders but they can spring a surprise in the coming match weeks.
“We have our own objectives as a team. This is a marathon in which we are one of the participants and we are not far off the pacesetters.
“We are going to work very hard, minimising mistakes as a team and make sure we implement whatever the coaches tell us.
“It’s looking promising on the part of my team. We are always encouraging each other to put in the work and see what happens next.
“We have to play well as we still have to face most of the teams competing at the top half of the table. So we just need to work on ourselves and see what happens.”
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