Our baseball evangelist, Amuary Telemaco, joined the team on Saturday. The players were captivated as he shared his story, and the biblical account of the two thieves on the cross. Amaury also served in one of the rotation stations giving pitching tips and answering the boys questions. We celebrate that through the 3 days 52 young men gave their lives to Christ.
The missionary coach did an amazing job pouring the Word of God into the lives of 166 (plus a few drop-ins).
In 1953 a young mother in Matagalpa gave birth to boy. After 2 months, she decided that she didn't want the baby, so she wrapped him in a sheet and took him to the mountains in San Ramon. She set the sheet on fire. A farmer, looking for his cow came by the smoldering fire, unwrapped the sheet to find the baby. The farmer and his wife raised the baby who was severely burned on his arms. God had given this baby a unique talent and he became a professional baseball player in Nicaragua who traveled to many countries. His life marked by many of the worldly and unhealthy choices of the wealthy and famous. He says, "Then one day I let Jesus fill my heart with his love and I decided to follow Him." Recently a man was mocking Manny Gonzales, the retired player in striped jacket in the photo. The man said, "You follow Christ, but you have not prospered, you have no money." To which Manny replied, "But I am prosperous, I am the happiest man in the world." Manny now coaches youth in baseball, was the builder of the church we sponsored in Matagalpa and is active in prison ministry...while being the happiest man in the world.
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