Show them love...show them Jesus!

FCA Dominican Republic - June

Luis with his girls.  Luis is an amazing dude.  One thing a lot of people do not know about Luis is that he spends 3 days per week with these girls teaching them how to play softball.  He also takes care of the field every day with about 5 kids from the neighborhood that have mental or physical disabilities.  Luis shows them love...he shows them Jesus!

Lindsay Emerich and Kyle Hess with Miguel at the airport.  Lindsay spent one month here (June) in the DR and showed em Jesus.  Kyle is currently in the DR (July) and showing em Jesus.  Miguel is always here showing em Jesus.  I love them all.  They are a joy to spend time with and I am blessed.

There may be nothing better than getting two different cultures/languages in the pool together.  Language and culture go out the window.  It's all about chickin fights.

We got a little bored with baseball on a 95 degree day, so we got the cones and played a little bowling with the softballs.  You have to be creative with 10 year olds.

Thanks to all that helped us with computers and the Rosetta Stone program.  We are week number 3 now and progressing.  Lindsay loved helping the guys with their pronunciation.

Coach Joe Hudak gets thrown out of a game for arguing a call with the umpire.  The whole thing was staged but I am not sure that the umpire truly knew that he was joking.  Very funny.

Linday cooking platanos with a little help from Willie.  Willie can flat out cook.

Good things seem to happen under a tree.  After a hot baseball game, we find some shade, share some testimonies, and listen to the Gospel.  Thank you, Paul Austin.

FCA Atlanta and FCA Boca Chica after a game at Ozoria field.  It was so amazing to hear Dominicans and Americans share their testimonies.  So cool!

You want to hear the "real" Gospel?  Listen to Bill Emerich.  He does not water it down for the lukewarm.

After a week of serving in the DR, the Emerichs did not want to go to an all-inclusive hotel for R&R.  They decided to go to San Jose and dig a trench for a water pipe so that people can drink clean water and not have to walk a mile for it.

Is there anything better than a bilingual Kindergarten teacher showing up to church and volunteering to teach about Adam and Eve.  The answer is no.  Suzanna, thank you so much.  You were amazing!  The kids of San Jose loved it.

Devin Stanton may have gift-wrapped 3 baseball state championships for his coach, but the best gift he ever gave his coach was surrendering his life to Jesus Christ.  I am still so excited for Devin.  I am also extremely thankful that he would come visit me in the DR and serve in the name of Jesus.

Bible studies keep getting bigger and bigger.  Thanks be to God.  Thank you to Serv International for supporting this ministry with food for these young men.  Some of these young men receive lots of food for their family.

Bob Wiedemann leading Bible study in the DR.  Language cannot get in the way of Jesus.  He is much bigger than that.

Pretty cute ladies enjoying some lunch.  My little girl is getting so big.

Picture of the month (maybe of the year).  20+ men sharing their hearts under a carport in Boca Chica.