Playing Around in Monti Cristi

Yesterday I watched a group of young boys playing basketball in the yard at the mission house in Monti Cristi. I noticed that the hoop was crocked on the backboard and as they played it would continue to move until ti was at a 45 degree angle and they could no longer manage to get the ball in the hoop. Then one of the boys would get a broom with a long handle and push the hoop back in place and they would again begin to play ball and the process would repeat as once again the hoop would begin to slide to the side. Later that evening Pastor Alberto, our friend Sandy (a missionary in Monti Cristi) and Tim from IGN got some tools and wood and properly attached the hoop back onto the backboard. I look forward to seeing the faces of the boys when they return next time to play some hoops and they do not need to stop every 2 minutes to push the hoop back into place. I also will take away how 3 men, all from different places, all living their lives to serve God and people, came together to do a little thing that will make someone else’s day just a little brighter. Not a hard thing, not an overly significant thing, but something and in it they also grew just a little closer to one another and became just a little more like Jesus.