Wow…we've been so busy that we haven’t had time to update the blog. We are having an absolute fantastic time here in the Dominican Republic. We are really getting to know the other family with the mission group that is working with us at our site – the Vigil family. We know God placed us in their group for a reason. Our families are bonding and we will definitely be getting together with them back in Houston. We hope to also get together with other people from the AIM group. The entire group is such an awesome group of people. We feel so incredibly blessed to be a part of this vision and trip. We serve an awesome God!
This evening at dinner, a couple people shared some stories from their site. Tears ran down my face as I listened to their stories. I could write a book just from this trip. Here’s one of the stories:
There was a 13-year old boy that came to the coach (one from our group) and said he was a pitcher. Coach said ‘okay – you can pitch.’ The boy said ‘but I only have these flip-flops – I don’t have any shoes.’ As it happened, they had a few extra pair of shoes with them. They found a pair that fit him – a size 13 shoe I believe – and took the pair of shoes to the boy. His eyes got wide – he was so excited. He put the shoes on and was able to pitch. After playing baseball, he took the shoes off, carefully placed the laces back in the shoes, cleaned them off, and put his flip-flops back on his feet. He carried the tennis shoes around with him very carefully. He was so appreciative and so happy to receive this pair of used shoes we brought with us. This story touched my heart and I wanted to include it in the blog because this was a pair of shoes generously donated from someone back home. Every piece of equipment, every pair of shoes donated will be put to good use here in the Dominican. And even though you may not be able to go on a mission trip – you have helped these children by taking a few moments out of your day to donate equipment. And you have blessed these children – thru our group we are showing God’s love to these children with all the things we have brought for them. I pray that you feel God’s love as well, and that your heart is warmed because of your generosity.
Tomorrow, all our groups will converge at one site – MultiOso. Please pray for tomorrow --- we are bringing 2,000 children, as well as our group and our Dominican helpers --- together in one site. There we will have a Festival for the children --- food, games, music, and lots of fun. This is also the time we will present to them all the equipment, cleats, uniforms, etc. that we have brought for them. Until this point, we have been running the baseball camps and Vacation Bible School. We save the presentation of the gifts until this last day. We will also have another alter call for more children that wish to be saved. So far, we have had 100+ children accept the gift of salvation from our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen --- we serve an awesome God!
No comments:
Post a Comment