Coach came up to Brent before a game and told him that Baylor was the team's prayer warrior. That he was the one offering to pray before the games. Although it does not shock us because at church he volunteers to pray often, but in this setting it filled us with pride. Baylor is the youngest player on his team. He constantly works to prove himself as a player and as a friend. Some of the kids have a hard time understanding him because he just finished 2nd grade (because of a late birthday we held him back) and even though he is about to turn 9, most of the kids are turning 10and some just finished 4th grade. His confidence in himself and his faith amaze me, and I pray that he will keep it up. We told him we were proud of him, and that even as the youngest player he truly was a leader. Daddy even stood back and watched him pray before the game on Saturday. He has no idea what he said, but Brent said he prayed FOR-EV-ER.
A lot of times, I want to box my kids up, keep them at home, shelter them from the world... and then something like this happens and I thank God that MY CHILD is the one showing others that there is LIGHT in this world.
And just because he played so hard this weekend... even through some tough losses and some life lessons, my mighty warrior, Baylor.
This was after making it to first base on a pass ball. Technically he should have struck out, but because the catcher dropped the ball on the 3rd strike the player gets to run. Baylor ran his heart out and made it to first before they could recover the ball and throw him out. It really shows his attention and how hard he has worked to learn. The hand in the picture is a pat on the head from a coach who was proud of him.
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