Saturday update (by Coach Feehs)

As you will see, today we had the opportunity to share Christ with hundreds. In the morning, we split into two groups and held clinics for two different baseball programs in San Pedro; Nelson Rodriques and Rico Carty. As you can see by the pictures below, we had between 120 and 150 kids in each clinic. Each clinic had five stations (throwing, hitting, outfield, infield and base running). In general, the boys ran the stations and did it without an interpreter. They did great!! Our group was having so much fun that we ran over by about 40 minutes. The other group took advantage of the time to watch a local softball game. Each clinic was ended with a testimony by one of the boys and presentation of the gospel. Today it was Fleming’s and Andrew’s (Clingan) day. In both cases, probably two-thirds of the kids prayed to accept Christ.

After the bus ride back to SCORE, a quick lunch and a brief rest, we headed back out for our afternoon clinic. This one was held had the pro baseball stadium in San Pedro. Many of the kids that we saw in the morning came back in the afternoon. However, probably an additional 200 to 300 more kids came in the afternoon. It was quite awesome to arrive and see the mass of local players that we would have the opportunity to minister to.

Much of the equipment that we brought down was donated to Rico Carty’s program and they were very appreciative.

For those might not know, Rico Carty was the hitting champion in 1970 in the MLB. He was there to greet us and took the time to introduce himself and shake the hand of every one of our players.

At the end of the clinic, Jon shared his testimony and Jeff presented the gospel to a sea of faces. Once again, many, many, many kids raised their hand to say that they had prayed with Jeff.

The last picture is of one of the local boys as he ran to first base as part of the drills, You can see from his face, the joy that our efforts are bringing to the Dominican kids through the great game of baseball.