More Than Fine…

Inspiration For When I Want To Quit

// August 4th, 2009 // Barahona, I Love Baseball

My first couple weeks in Barahona have been amazing. Far and away the best part has been hearing the individual stories of the kids we are working with and how their lives have changed. There was a COTN film crew in Barahona my first week here working on several projects and they stopped by practice to interview two of our players, Julin and Salomon. I can’t wait to see the video. The interviews were amazing. Julin and Salomon shined. I couldn’t have been more proud of them. I listened in awe to their stories. They told us about a normal day in their lives. They told us about their lives before and after I Love Baseball. They told us about their relationships with Carrion (our coach) and the impact his mentoring and discipleship had on them. They told us how they got started in I Love Baseball. They told us about their dreams and how their dreams had changed since they started in I Love Baseball. I was amazed by their perspectives on life and the leadership and charisma they demonstrated in front of the camera. Their stories inspire me.

I read a blog post post from Michael Hyatt yesterday (probably my favorite blogger) that asked “What keeps you going when you want to quit?” Down here in the Dominican I think the answer is going to be these stories. When I start wondering what I’m doing down here. When I start to ask myself if I’m wasting my time or if I’m having any impact. When I want to quit I’m going to think about the stories of how Salomon, Julin and other players lives have been changed and I’m going to push on.

At some point I hope to tell the story of each of our kids individually. In short for now, Salomon is taking premed classes in preparation for med school (which is amazing) and Julin is an awesome kid from Los Robles (one the bateys Children of the Nations works in). If you are interested in sponsoring either of them, shoot me an email chrissulli@gmail.com.

I found out on Tuesday that Julin’s brother is actually one of the kids in my favorite picture from my last trip. That is him on the right.

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