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This is prison ministry ball at its best.
We will be traveling the pan handle of the great state of Florida.
If you are interested, call for more info.
Last year we played 16 games in 3 1/2 days. Some men played 19 games.
Around 300 men accepted Christ as the saviour last year on this tour.
Men from 7 different states participated.
We had 3 teams going per day to different facilities.
Unlimited HRs.
High compression balls.
Hot bats.
Opportunity to serve God.
Cost to go...Call.
Results...life changing.

If you can't go but would like to help with the cost of this ministry, please call.

Johnny Adams
662-257-9252
662-401-1086

Johnny when are yall leaving? RAY RAY

Not sure Ray Ray. We may have 2 separate groups going. One on Thursday night and one on Friday night. I will just have to wait until I get a list of people wanting to go then I will make that decision. I will try to work around every ones scedules the best I can.

Last year we all left the same time but one group came back early.

Ray Ray, you just wouldn't believe how much fun you would have. I would make sure you will be the but of many jokes, lol...

Johnny

Cutoff date is August 1.

johnny, call me sometime or come by the store,would love to find out more about this.i have heard you and gary talk some about it and sounds interesting and fun. thanks, randy bolen (sports country)

Ron Hock posted a new cutoff date of August 3.

If you want to know more about this ministry, call.

I think we have 14 men going from our area.

Johnny Adams
662-401-1086

Any up dates on this?

I would like to thank everyone who has helped out with this ministry and for your prayers. With your help, we are going to be able to share the gospel with between 1,000 - 20,000 inmates in 4 days.

There has been a little change to the Freedom Tour this year. Instead of visiting 2 facilities each day, Ron has tried to get us into 3 facilities each day. Not sure how it will work out, but I sure am glad I don't have to drive home. Also got us set up for a couple basketball games in a youth facility.

I wanted to give some info about our financial position as some on the board helped us out. We cleared $850 from the tournament at Pontotoc. Wish it would have been more but $750 for the 3 fields, $600 for the drinks, not sure how much for the food, and $25 per game per ump (this seems a little high). We also made an additional $200 from the bat. We have had a few more donations and are expecting a few more.

But our gas for the trip is paid for. Another $250 will cover our hotel expense. Looks like we will have to pay for our food. We have been greatly blessed.

We will be leaving out around 5:00 pm next Thursday and returning around midnight Monday.

We have 10 men going from our area:

Johnny Adams
Jason Culver
Johnny Box
Dexter Goode
Gary Haycraft
Lucas Culver
Michael Adams
Randy Bolen
Patrick Caldwell
and lastly...Ray Ray

Bill Sarver from Missouri will be driving down to join our group.

Carlos Dawson and Carl Upton from down south will be joining us also.

There will also be guys coming from California, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and maybe Texas.

Johnny Adams
Team Vision Prison Sports Ministry
new cell number 662-610-3005

This sounds awesome...you all will be in my prayers...gl and God Bless

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I pray for all of you going to FL, I hope yall have a safe trip and return. Ray Ray please take some form of ID with you because i have been on the net looking around FL has a bunch of look alikes for you in the jails! NO SILVER BULLETS THIS TRIP!!! LOL

Ray Ray might have a surprise waiting on him in Florida. lol.

Rick, wish you could have gone with us.

JA

Sorry for letting everyone know about our weekend so late. After I returned from Florida, AT&T sent me to the gulf to acess the damage from Gustav. But anyway...

It was an awesome weekend. Men from 6 states met for 3 days. We did not play Monday due to Gustav coming through. We saw over 200 men come forth to make a committment to the Lord. There were numerous one-on-one moments this year. It was awesome to look out over the field and see our guys out there on there knees praying with the inmates and each other.

My thanks goes out to Jason Culver for leading the speaking for the younger team for those 2 days. I know you did a great job.

My thanks goes out to Carlos Dawson. Man, you were everywhere. God used you in more ways than you know. It was a blessing to be around you again. See you next weekend.

As for the ball playing...

RayRay had one of the highest batting averages. He flat out hit it. Man, you are a blast to be around.

Carlos actually hit 7 HRs out of 8 atbats at one institute and the fence was way out there.

Carl, well, he can hit-em. Man you got a BIG swing. He was hitting bombs that never got over 10-15 feet. And he did an awesome job at 3rd. I guess you'll have to come back to see if you can get under one a little.

Oh, and for a surprise game. We played a 45+ team. THey may have been older than that. We had picked the older guys on our teams. We had a very competitive team. We had a couple under 35. We also had some BOMBERS. Well, let's just say, they drummed us. I don't remember the score (thankfully) but I think they beat us by 15+ runs. We hit a bunch of HRs and they only hit 3.

Johnny Adams

glad the trip went so well...I hope this keeps going on year to year so I can start making some trips...

Thanks Johnny i had a blast with yall.I thank i made 9 outs in 14 games just let me know when the next one is.RAY RAY

knowing raymond got out more than that

knowing you are being a big fat puss MR. ANONYMOUS

I was having to hit the homeruns because I have gotten so fat I can't run anymore! I either made 4 or 5 outs total in the three days and like you said God blessed me with a wind that was blowing out at the prison with the old men that beat us so bad and I hit 7 homeruns but we got beat pretty bad regardless! Every time I turned around John was talking to me about how far Johnny hit a ball that didn't go out. I kept telling him that it didn't go out although it was hit about 500 foot. It was a pop fly that was hit so far their fastest outfielder couldn't get to it. It was hit well. Johnny, you get farthest hit ball that didn't go out and JJ gets second place. He hit one on the field with the volley ball courts that went a long way too.

All that was great but the main thing was that God's Spirit was moving at almost every prison we visited. I know that some of those places are tougher than others but God broke strongholds and set men free during the ministry. It was because we were prayed up and God went before us! There was no doubt after witnessing to some of those guys and them talking about the dreams and events leading up to the ministry that God had been dealing before we ever arrived. God was at work!!! I am just blessed to be able to be a part of something so rewarding spiritually!!! God is awesome!!