In the beginning of this month, we headed to Fukuoka for a week long tournament. It was baseball and everyday hotel living for the entire week. When we first arrived, the very next day we had a game against the top University in Fukuoka. We lost in the bottom of the 9th 5-4! it was just a practice game to prepare for the tournament. The tournament consisted of about 5 games maximum with losing 2 games and you're out. So it was a double elimination tourny. To make things brief, we lost the first game 8-1 to a technical college team before going on to upset Nissan in the second game. It was quite incredible to have the chance to play Nissan in their last game as a company team and beat them. Nissan has shut down all baseball operations as of November.
The final game for us was against Mittsubishi, who shut us down 13-0. I was blessed to throw a few innings here and there. The first full tourny I was able to participate in was quite interesting. Just another day of life playing ball in Japan while sharing the good News of Jesus Christ. Thank you for continuing to pray for the work God is doing through baseball! Amen.
Every evening, all the players meet up at Sola Technical school to hit the weights. The gym is a very nice facility, and the school is fairly new in existence. Enagic company had joined with the school upon arriving in Okinawa last year. A few of the younger guys actually go to school here. It serves as a school of trade. Well, the baseball starts up again in mid-January, which means, a lot of running and getting in shape for the actual season which begins in March. I'm getting too anxious. May the Lord go before us this upcoming season. May He be glorified!
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