Baseball day!

El Juego

Greg in right field where he belongs on a ball field.

Arriving in the community this morning we went directly to the baseball field.  There the local kids and their coach, Daniel, were practicing while they waited for us.  The game was a lot of fun and as we prayed afterwards they told us this is a tradition that we must play with them on the Friday that we visit the community.  They all hope to be the next big sensation in the Major Leagues.  But somehow we managed to pull out a win with the normally great play from Bob, some lucky hits from Greg and Dan playing a splendid 2nd base.  Oh, and we had a few ringers on our team too.

Dan at bat.  Nice Hit!

With our fellow ball players!

Bob and Elva.

Bob with Leysi and his mom.

Today Bob made his last two sponsored child visits to Elva and Leysi.  Elva lives in the home we were able to repair extensively 2 years ago.  It was such treat to see that the family is doing well.  She and Bob connected last year over their shared birth date.  He found her picture on a sponsorship packet once we returned home and snatched it up right away.

Massiel translating during Bob's visit to Leysi's house.

Once we competed final home visits to sponsored kids we stopped by to visit Basilia, one of the ladies who is a leader in the church.  She was sick and what was just going to be an opportunity to check on her led to a house call by Dr. Bob.  He diagnosed that she most likely had an infection in her leg from a puncture wound a over a week ago.  Bob was able to secure some antibiotics and advise her on future care.  Please pray for her.  We thank God that Bob was able to serve her in this way.

Visiting Enerfries.

It seems that the schedule that we plan has gotten flexed a lot this week, which has been just fine.  The farewell service was moved around due to the medical errand. So we started the Movie night at about 6:30. It was a very well attended event.  We showed Courageous, the theme was very pertinent to this community.  Once movie night ended there was a brief farewell service.  A few tears were shed throughout the day as we said good-bye to our good friends here.  We look forward to seeing them again soon.  All through the week people have been looking for those who have come with us before.  They remember and said at the farewell that they hope many of them can return.

The movie night was well attended with people even across the street watching through the door.

This ministry we have had here would never have been possible with out the very effective and servant hearted people who have served us all week.  Isa, is a local pastor who takes her time to cook all our meals or oversee the community women cooking our meals.  She is very energetic and happy to serve.  Carlos, who we first came to know 2 years ago, has been our host and is now the team coordinator.   He already was a good friend and has taken great are of us this week.  He and our translators have been constantly with us in minstry and we have grown close.  Massiel is a college student in  Santo Domingo, who has been translating for us.  She keeps things lively and fun which has been a great help with the children.  Daniel is a young business man from Santiago.  He has translated so well and takes great care in helping us connect with the people.  We will miss these friends a lot, but know we will see them again at the very least in heaven.

We enjoyed our visit with Kelvin!

After finally arriving back at our quarters, we were able to connect with our old friend Kelvin, who is now the coordinator over this region for FH.  His smile is contagious and his passion for God even more so.  Cesar was also here, to greet us before we left.  All of the community staff were in training this week so it was blessing for these guys to take time to spend with us even though they had not seen their families all week.


 

Giving a English Spanish Bible to Rachell.

Daniel translating as we give Manuel an English Spanish Bible

 God Bless!