Thursday
Today was another exiting day. We went to another area of Corumba that is closer to third world conditions that I have seen in other countries. The area really reminded me of Haiti neighborhoods. This area is a new planted church with a sports ministry. Global Baseball has recently provided funding and equipment to get a field in place behind the church that will be the center of the community in that area.
The kids that came to the clinincs really had no idea what baseball is about. After both sesions they were having alot of fun. The average age was around 10 years old. Having over 40 10 year olds together, holding their attention was a real challenge in the beginning but after awhile we couldn~t get them off of the field.
The two devotional times today were more of a message that was at their level and their were real attentive to what was being said.
The other day I talked about the statue of Jesus on the hill. Well, the hill is about a 3/4 of a mile steep road that we all walked up just before sun down. There were 13 stations along the way with statues portraying different times in Jesus life. At the top is the 40 foot statue of Jesus with His arms extended. What a beautiful sight from the top ... overseeing the city, the Paraguay river and Bolivia. As the sun went down the reflections and colors of the sky is just indescribable. There is no air polution and the sky is so clear.
The people have bee so friendly here and it is easy to communicate even without speaking their language.
After dinner we have a free evening to just hang around and relax. The stores all close at 7pm so there is little to do but relax and reflect on the day.
Tomoorow we will be leaving for Capo Grande in the a.m. Its that 7 hour bus ride again. The Capo Grande area is supposed to be a much more affluent area han what we have been experiencing so far. Baseball truely does have a chance in the soccer dominated country. It is fun talking about the world cup because everyone is a soccer fan and I mean everyone. They live for soccer around here.
Hopefully I will have internet access in Capo Grande. I have pictures that I would like to attach but this computer blocks the use of discs. More to come.....
Today was another exiting day. We went to another area of Corumba that is closer to third world conditions that I have seen in other countries. The area really reminded me of Haiti neighborhoods. This area is a new planted church with a sports ministry. Global Baseball has recently provided funding and equipment to get a field in place behind the church that will be the center of the community in that area.
The kids that came to the clinincs really had no idea what baseball is about. After both sesions they were having alot of fun. The average age was around 10 years old. Having over 40 10 year olds together, holding their attention was a real challenge in the beginning but after awhile we couldn~t get them off of the field.
The two devotional times today were more of a message that was at their level and their were real attentive to what was being said.
The other day I talked about the statue of Jesus on the hill. Well, the hill is about a 3/4 of a mile steep road that we all walked up just before sun down. There were 13 stations along the way with statues portraying different times in Jesus life. At the top is the 40 foot statue of Jesus with His arms extended. What a beautiful sight from the top ... overseeing the city, the Paraguay river and Bolivia. As the sun went down the reflections and colors of the sky is just indescribable. There is no air polution and the sky is so clear.
The people have bee so friendly here and it is easy to communicate even without speaking their language.
After dinner we have a free evening to just hang around and relax. The stores all close at 7pm so there is little to do but relax and reflect on the day.
Tomoorow we will be leaving for Capo Grande in the a.m. Its that 7 hour bus ride again. The Capo Grande area is supposed to be a much more affluent area han what we have been experiencing so far. Baseball truely does have a chance in the soccer dominated country. It is fun talking about the world cup because everyone is a soccer fan and I mean everyone. They live for soccer around here.
Hopefully I will have internet access in Capo Grande. I have pictures that I would like to attach but this computer blocks the use of discs. More to come.....
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