Making Strides

Hello Everyone,

Per the request of my grandma this morning on the phone, I'm writing a new update. I first off wanted to thank you all for the encouragement and prayers that you have been sending my way. The last couple of days have been great, and I've added a picture of the training room so you can see where I work everyday. There are a few guys here that just continue to encourage me with their trust in me and their willingness to do whatever it is I suggest or ask them to do. They have no idea what their trust does for my confidence.

The one player in particular that I spoke about in my last entry has been making great strides. Today he was able to swing the bat pain free for the first time in over a year. He is a player I would love to see succeed because I see how deeply he loves the sport of baseball and how much he cares about everyone in that clubhouse. I told him today that the feeling he gets when he knocks a ball out of the park is the same feeling I get when I see people get better and return to what they love. The smile on his face when he told me he swung with no pain was worth every hellish second I have spent in grad school. However, he then went on to tell me how well he hits against Matt Cain and it took every ounce of me not to scream at him. Haha but I'm sure if he goes against Cain again I will be rooting for him.

My Spanish is greatly improving these days as well. Baseball is so saturated with Spanish speaking players, i'm getting a lot of good spanish in. The guys seem to really like that I can speak with them, they are used to their teammates just yelling at them to learn english. Haha, one of the guys nicknamed me "gorda" which means fatty, and started calling me that all day long. One of the pitching coaches heard him call me that and chewed him out. I explained to him that in the States, its not nice to call girls fat. It was kinda funny.

Not much else going on besides work. The schedule is so nuts I have to ask Dom what day it is every morning as we are driving to work. I went to the Christ Church of the Valley out here in peoria on Sunday, and felt right at home. I already scooped out their youth program in case I end up staying a little while. My roomies and I are headed to the Giants/Dimondbacks game on friday which I'm super excited about. Never been to Chase Field, and it will nice to finally be able to wear a Giants shirt and not a Padres shirt.

Continue to pray that I can be a light in the clubhouse everyday.

"Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life." 1 Tim 1:15-17

To Him Be the Glory,

Katy