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Franklin is a Red Sox fan!
Franklin is a Red Sox fan. He knows what is happening every day with his team! He wears Red Sox shirts, has a Red Sox hat and I call him, “Big Papi,” named after Dominican baseball player David Ortiz. By the way, I am a die-hard Red Sox fan. It is fun to talk with someone who knows the score even before I do.
I love my new Haitian friend
He is the head guard at the apartment complex we have rented in Santiago, Dominica Republic. He greets me each day as I leave or come back. He serves everybody.
Franklin is from Haiti. He knows I have been to Haiti three times now. We talk about small things.
The apartment complex where we live has never had “teams” come and stay there. Imagine, young adults, adults and students going up and down steps, yelling from the sixth floor, slapping “fives,” hanging, singing…playing. Our street, E Leon Jimenez, will never be the same.
Imagine for a man like Franklin, he has never had so much attention and love. Teams that have been with me have made impact. They left “relational equity” that I am able to connect to.
I invited Franklin to my apartment when the Michigan team was with me. He was surprised that I did so. It is not common nor part of the cultural context. We talked, laughed and shared. For Franklin, this was new. He was from Haiti. He had another role in the apartment complex. Tonight he was amongst friends.
I gently shared the love of God with him. He lives in the Dominican Republic and supports his family in Haiti. Franklin accepted Christ as Saviour on this night. We agreed to share this with his Haitian friends that live close by. I will speak in Spanish and he will speak in French. Haiti Bible Study. So love this.
One of my new freinds in Cien Fuegos
As we make our way to start full time in Santiago, I have made a commitment to start a church amongst Haitians as well.
Who knows? Franklin could very well become the pastor of this church.
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