Tod Sherman 2024

It appears that the best way to know the heart and soul of our little town in La Vega, DR is to play baseball with the children. On day one we were playing ball and a kind man driving by in a motorcycle tossed a small pack of wafers to one of the players. The player opened the package and offered me some. I thanked him and nabbed a wee bit of the wafer. He looked at me as if I were a daft sort and then he gave me half his wafer. I came to realize that these sweet children that have so little are insistent on sharing what they do come across. This incredible kindness was humbling. Playing ball with the little children will absolutely melt your heart. Five year old Ohmi could combine intensity with joy like no other. The three year old daughter of a joyful man we met earlier could not stop smiling after learning that she could throw a baseball a good 10 yards. Baseball played with trust, joy, goodness, and love cannot be beat. NABULE!