SCORE International Softball - Sunday
Today we attended a Dominican church service in Santo Domingo. We were joined by another SCORE group that was staying at the SCORE Complex. They were a girls and guys Christian high school basketball team from Raleigh, NC. Those in attendance welcomed us with hugs and smiles. The sermon was very appropriate for our group. [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Saturday
We got up and had breakfast around 8:00AM. We then went into Santo Domingo to play the Junior National Team for 2 games, morning and afternoon. In the 1st game, the girls came out sore, tired and flat. We lost 8-1. We had a little talk and started the 2nd game. It seemed as though [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Friday
Most of us woke up to a beautiful morning ready for the tough day ahead of us, our off day. This was a day to rest and relax and to make our own schedule. Here are some of the activities that we did today: snorkeling, banana boat riding, swimming in the Caribbean Ocean and both [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Thursday
We awoke to another beautiful day in the DR. Our mission today took us to an all girls orphanage in LaRomana. We all interacted with each other–playing stick ball (Americans beat the Dominicans 30-29), playing on the swings, blowing bubbles and sharing our affection to these girls. We ended ourĀ 2-hour visit singing a chorus of [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Wednesday
We woke up at 7:00AM and left for Santo Domingo @ 8:00AM to visit a handicap orphanage. The girls all played “Simon Says’ with one of the girls at the orphanage. She was so excited to see all the girls do as she did. Many of the girls picked up several of the babies and [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Tuesday
We all met for breakfast before heading out to a sugarcane village. At the sugarcane village, we met about 100 eager children who all called us “amigos” and “amigas”. Our hearts were blessed as we not only gave gifts to them but gave them our love and attention for almost two hours, playing stick ball, [...]
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SCORE International Softball - Monday
We left Chattanooga and flew to Atlanta @ 6:00AM. It was a good flight as the girls started to get to know each other. We had a 2 hour lay-over in Miami where we picked up two more players, Sarah McReynolds (Savannah, TN) and Kassi Massey (Naples, FL). Most of the girls slept most of [...]
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