Today was a great reminder of how awesome a game baseball is...and how we serve an Awesome God that will use this game to be glorified in Kosovo.
We started the day out by visiting the Smiles International center...this is where out team will stay in June. This amazing location is a hostel/conference center that houses up to 45 people. It has 15 rooms, 19 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, dining room facilities, a library, and classroom space. After talking for a while, we took a couple of the staff members outside to have a catch. It was a beautiful day today and seeing these grown men's smiles as they played catch made the day that much better.
From there we headed to the school where we will be hosting the camp. Our friend Anton met us at the school and served as a translator with the director. We had a great time talking about what the camp is gonna look like and worked through a to do list. While I was in the meeting, Rebecca, Justin, Kailyn, Maples, and Faisal were outside playing with the kids and beginning to build relationships. In any case, we gave a glove to the director and then moved outside to play some catch.
Our time outside was amazing. Rebecca led the some of the kids in playing ring-around-the-rosie and the boys played soccer. Once we finished our meeting with the director we got to demonstrate playing catch for about 100 kids and then we handed out a handful of gloves and hats. A bunch of the kids wanted to try it out, so we let them borrow our gloves to play catch.
One of the coolest things was being able to explain why my glove had so many colors...it was a great opportunity to share the Gospel and tell them that Jesus had died for their sins and that they had all been created for a purpose.
Tomorrow is a big day with a visit to Justin's future school, a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, and some time playing some ball with the ball players in Pristina.
Everywhere we went today we had the opportunity to share the vision of the Kosovo Baseball Initiative and give out gloves, play catch, and talk about Jesus. A dream of a day, really.
From there we headed to the school where we will be hosting the camp. Our friend Anton met us at the school and served as a translator with the director. We had a great time talking about what the camp is gonna look like and worked through a to do list. While I was in the meeting, Rebecca, Justin, Kailyn, Maples, and Faisal were outside playing with the kids and beginning to build relationships. In any case, we gave a glove to the director and then moved outside to play some catch.
Our time outside was amazing. Rebecca led the some of the kids in playing ring-around-the-rosie and the boys played soccer. Once we finished our meeting with the director we got to demonstrate playing catch for about 100 kids and then we handed out a handful of gloves and hats. A bunch of the kids wanted to try it out, so we let them borrow our gloves to play catch.
One of the coolest things was being able to explain why my glove had so many colors...it was a great opportunity to share the Gospel and tell them that Jesus had died for their sins and that they had all been created for a purpose.
After the school visit, we headed to lunch and then back home for a rest. We decided to hang outside and play some catch and Kailyn made friends with one of the neighbors. They had fun playing and sharing their stuffed animals and then posed for some pictures.
Later on, Pastor Faton and his wife Lina invited us over to their side of the house to talk and have a coffee. Faisal was able to show them the video and talk a bit about the thought process behind the story line.
Another good day with our new friends and partners in ministry in Kosovo, but really another day facing the reality of ministry in this beautiful country. There are some amazing challenges, but also such great hope for the future.
Tomorrow is a big day with a visit to Justin's future school, a meeting with the Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport, and some time playing some ball with the ball players in Pristina.
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