Mar 09 2008
It is springtime and do you know what that means? It means it is baseball season! My team has taken the field and they are down by several runs but I am confident they will finish strong. You know what I learned recently? While traveling around Central America I discovered in countries such as Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic the most popular sport is not soccer, it is baseball.
Mar 07 2008
Well, I shouldn’t be surprised! It is not like the Mathes’ are technically minded. Nonetheless, my father, Dr. Gordon Mathes, is in real trouble with me. He is famous because he fixed the doorknob on the front of my old house with bubble gum. Did I mention we weren’t technically or mechanically inclined?
Mar 05 2008
Yesterday I witnessed something that had such a profound affect upon me that I simply cannot forget about it. I was in the Dominican Republic and I watched this poor soul take a nasty metal can and scrape it through the gutter of the street in an attempt to gather filthy water just so he could have something to drink. He then took the can and gathered more dirty water and poured it over his head so he could take a bath.
Mar 04 2008
The birds are singing, the fragrance of the flowers blooming fills the air and it is a wonderful time to be outdoors. I just love springtime! It is a great time to take walks and that is exactly what I did last week while in the Dominican Republic. The cities are beautiful, the countryside is gorgeous and green and there are precious people all around who would love to hear about Jesus.
Feb 12 2008
I just returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic, where I served alongside some young college students from Hampden-Sydney College, located in Hampden-Sydney, Va. My young college friends have to be exhausted.
Feb 07 2008
Within the first week of this new year, I will be in four different countries. It is hard to imagine but during that first week, I will visit two countries in the Middle East, I will arrive home to a country that I call home, the United States, and then I will pack my things and head to the exciting work of Rivers of the World (ROW) in the Dominican Republic.