Well my morning started by waking up at 0400 to meet the bus at the church and leave at 0500. It was a good 3 hour ride so most of the guys slept. I was picturing what is was going to be like. I kept thinking...I'm gonna go hug one of these guys and he's gonna bite off my ear off just for fun. I watched to much OZ on HBO back in the day. We pulled up to rolls and rolls of barbed-wire fences. It took about 15 minutes for us to make it through security. This field in particular did not play well for a left hand hitter that's for sure. It was like 425ft to RF then got smaller to about 300ft in LF with about a 25ft barbed-wire fence. We got some real bombers on our team. I think we put 5 out but they were 325ft plus shots. We travel to these facilities each year and it amazed me how the inmates remembered the guys on our team names and the still remembered where guys had hit HRs. Whenever an inmate fills out a card they are put on a birthday list for life. I couldn't believe how many guys told us, "You know I got your birthday card this year...it was the only one I got." They are very appreciative of what we do. Reality hit when I talk to one kid about 23. You're not supposed to ask what they're in for but if they share then it's ok. This guy was getting ready to get out for the 3rd time and before he got out he heard that his 12yr old sister had gotten raped. Before he got out he found out the guys name. You know where this is going. As soon has he got out, he tracked this guy down and waited for him to get out of his car right in the middle of downtown in broad daylight and executed him on the spot. He didn't care about the witnesses. He said the only thing he would change was not tracking him to his house and doing it there. By the end of the day we had played 3 games going 2-0-1 (There timed games which is why the tie), preached 4x to more than 550 inmates, and watched 30 men ask Jesus into their lives. I got home around 2100. A nice 17 hour day. It was a roller coaster of emotions by God definitely showed up and made it all worth it.
Until next time, I'll be carrying my cross....are you ready to do the same?
C4
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