The biggest undertaking to begin this ministry has been to turn a plot of land into two fields. Here is the photographic journey of the transformation.
Here are a couple of pictures that show the field before construction started (do not be fooled, although in the pictures it looks like beautiful grass most of it is weeds 11/09/2014)
Picture #1 – From what is the backstop of field #1
Picture #2 – From the right field foul line of field #1
Picture #3 – From right field of field #1 looking at what was the original backstop
The next pictures show the construction that took place for the backstops and dugouts (01/04/2015).
Picture #4 – One of four dugouts constructed
Picture #5 – Entrance gate into field beside dugout
Picture #6 – Looking at the second field’s two dugouts
Picture #7 – Looking at home plate from the first base line dugout on field #1
Here are the dugouts, fencing, and backstops painted (the colors are coordinated to keep an uniform feel to the other buildings on the mission property 01/30/2015)
Picture #8 – One of the four dugouts painted
Picture #9 – The benches that are in the dugouts
Picture #10 – Looking at the painted dugouts, fencing and backstop of field # 2
Picture #11 – A back view from first base line of field #1
Picture #12 – Behind the backstop of field #1 (you can see that the grass that was planted in right field is coming in nicely!)
Later we added a bodega (storage unit) and seating benches on the first and third base lines (04/16/2015).
Picture #13 – Backside view of the bodega which is connected to the dugout on the first base line on field #1
Picture #14 – Frontal view of the bodega
Picture #15 – Inside view of the bodega which already has quite a bit of gear!
Fields
The Fields
Here are a couple of pictures that show the field before construction started (do not be fooled, although in the pictures it looks like beautiful grass most of it is weeds 11/09/2014)
The next pictures show the construction that took place for the backstops and dugouts (01/04/2015).
Here are the dugouts, fencing, and backstops painted (the colors are coordinated to keep an uniform feel to the other buildings on the mission property 01/30/2015)
Later we added a bodega (storage unit) and seating benches on the first and third base lines (04/16/2015).
Pictures of our irrigation system! (7/30/2015)
The newly placed bases (8/7/2015)