We headed to the Los Angeles for lunch at Phillipes. Phillipes is well-known for their French dip roast beef sandwiches.
After Phillipes, we were privileged to visit Dodger stadium. We were able to attend Dodger stadium by invitation of Mr. Ned Colletti. Mr. Colletti is from Chicago and his kids attended Timothy and his wife Gail used to work at Timothy.
Mr. Colletti gave us a personal guided tour of Dodger Stadium. We were able to see not only the field but also experience the rich history of the Dodgers. We saw such great things as plaques, pictures, uniforms, etc which included such great players like Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, and many others as well as the gold glove room.
The tour was very informational. We then headed into the clubhouse. Needless to say the guys were very impressed. As we walked around taking pictures, Mr. Colletti had everyone sit down in the clubhouse and he shared his very personal story and testimony with us. This was a surreal moment as we were sitting in the clubhouse by ourselves with a man who has excelled in a professional baseball organization.
I believe what was even more amazing is that while talking in the clubhouse, the story really wasn't about baseball but it was about perseverance and God's love and direction throughout Mr. Colletti's life. The atmosphere in the clubhouse was very moving as he spoke to our young men's hearts. Mr. Colletti also had a young man named Lamar speak to us as well. Lamar is a friend who is being mentored by Mr. Coletti. He is from south central L.A. Area. He shared his story as well about some struggles and trying to remain focused as he moves in the direction of getting his degree from college.
The experience at Dodgers stadium was a very personal one. We were so thankful that Mr. Colletti spent over two and a half hours with our guys. We feel very blessed to have had this time to hear from a man of God who took a lot of valuable time out of his day to make an impact on our men.
We had an opportunity also tonight to attend the Men's UCLA game vs. Stanford. The game turned into a really exciting game which was won in double overtime by UCLA.
We finished our night with devotions together and are processing how this trip continually gives us so much more than we expect such as yesterday at Saddleback and today in a different way at the Dodger Stadium.
We are excited once again for the opportunity to serve tomorrow with the Compton initiative through Emmanuel Reformed Church.
It will be a long day of service and we can't wait to see what God has in store for us.
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