June 15, 2011
Wednesday was our first day of camp and needless to say it was chaotic. This year we are at a site called La Cienega and I’m the site leader. As a site leader I was pulled in a million different directions and it was quite a growing experience for me. We had a plan and in the Dominican the plan is always flexible! God gave us all the strength to get through the 1st day of camp and still be able to teach some baseball. Most importantly we were able to reach some kids spiritually. We had 25 kids come to Christ and that’s what we want; we always want “one more” for God’s Kingdom.
The Dominican coach at our site is a young man named Alfre. Last year he was an assistant coach at the camp, and this year he is a coach of his own league. It’s awesome to see how he has grown over the past year – spiritually and in his leadership skills. He is only 27 years old and truly has a heart for these children and for God. To me, it’s very cool to see how we can bring a group of children together to help teach them baseball and at the same time, use that sport to preach the Gospel and get these little souls saved.
Today our group was also interviewed for two local TV stations. The stations wanted us to explain why we are here and what we are doing. I thank God for giving me the strength to give the interview in Spanish. After camp our young 11-14 year old American boys played a game against a Dominican team from Los Castillos. All of the boys, and the adults, thoroughly enjoyed that!
Our site is also one of the sites where a nutrition program was implemented. Stacy will elaborate more on this because she was part of that group. We hope reading our blog will inspire you to "get out of the boat" and listen to where God may be calling you to go. Enjoy reading about the next few days of our work here in the DR.
God Bless,
Carlos
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. (Prov. 22:6)
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