[Nfbf-l] Beep baseball classic in the Dominican Republic

[Denise Valkema]

Carlos.
I appreciated you taking the time to visit me in the FL suite and welcoming other federationist as well.

Thanks for sharing about your experience in Dominican Republic.  Love your willingnessto experience the adventure. You might have missed the convention but you did not miss the mission. You shared the hope, strength, and love, as well as, demonstrating that we can live the life we want. What a great cause to be involved in!

Sincerely, Denise Valkema by iPhone 

> On Jul 9, 2014, at 7:56 AM, Carlos Montas via Nfbf-l <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Good morning to my federation friends and family I was not able to attend convention activities this year because I was invited to participate in the firs annual beep baseball classic in the Dominican Republic.  It was an experience that I will never forget.  The Austin Blackhawks were invited to participate in this event because they have been the best beep ball  team in the US for a long time. For those of you who have been in the federation for a while I was surprised to find out that Are long time friend Ron Gardner is a missionary in the Dominican Republic it just goes to show you how big the Federation family really is.  This idea started when Francina Hungria a young woman who is an architect was shot in a robbery attempt on November 23, 2012. As a result she lost her vision in both eyes. But with the help of so many, she has been able to over come so much and she was able to put on this event which had 5000 people attend this event at the main baseball stadium and the
>  best part about it is that not only do 5000 people know about beep baseball but many more people know about the capabilities of blind people. They now know that blindness is not the end but its an opportunity to change what it means to be blind no matter where you are. I is my hope that we in the federation will reach out to Francina as she continues to do her work in the Dominican Republic.  My experience this weekend also reminded me just how blessed we really are I traveled with my Guide dog Jilly  so during my trip I spent a lot of time educating people about guide dogs and how they can enhance the travel of a blind person.  I hope that we can continue to focus on the issues that blind people face across this State.  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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