I never thought I’d write a blog. Too public, I thought. But
in our “line of work” we want the world to know what we’re doing! Not for
praise or a pat on the back… but for prayer.
Welcome to Letters from the Laras!
Robersy and I (Sarah) are new missionaries to the Dominican
Republic. Actually, we’re new at a lot of things lately… including marriage,
since we just got hitched 2 weeks ago. It’s been pretty exciting after years of
long-distance stuff!
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| Sarah helping at registration |
Of course with our hearts for ministry we were diving in
days after our honeymoon. Literally. On April 17th a group of about
250 Dominican coaches and baseball trainers gathered together at the Highlands
in Boca Chica for an awesome Baseball Clinic with FCA, SCORE, AIM and other
ministries too. Experienced trainers from the Red Sox and other big teams taught
about pitching, out fielding, hitting, etc. and then we had others preach from
the Word. Robersy even had the opportunity to share his amazing testimony on
the first night!
So, you might think, Why
would you care about training coaches in the Word?
Do you know how popular baseball is in the Dominican? In
that case, do you know how many thousands of young people are influenced by
these 250 coaches? I am certain that if we work from the top and train these
coaches to be men of God, then their fruit will also be incredible. Can you
imagine?
Picture these young people, who put their EVERYTHING in to
baseball, with that same passion for Jesus Christ. It makes me excited just
thinking about it!
So that’s what we’re up to. I know, I know… you want more.
Give us a chance, we’re just getting started J
