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Mets Fan in Yankee Territory: A Field-Trip Faith Story · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Welcome to Have Faith, Let It Begin. This is Ariel Santana.
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  Can you believe I'm seven years old already? I'm old enough now to introduce my dad.
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  Ladies and gentlemen, your host, my dad, Angel Santana.
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  Two thousand came and the spark was lit. A testimony raw, it wouldn't quit.
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  It's mother's voice, a guiding thread.
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  Hello everyone and welcome to a special edition of Half-Faith Let It Begin.
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  My name is Angel and today, yeah, we're going to call this episode a Mets fan in Yankee territory.
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  That's right, this is a Half-Faith Let It Begin special edition.
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  I'm heading out on a very important mission.
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  I'm taking my daughter out on her second grade field trip and normally that
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  would sound peaceful, exciting, memorable, but there's one small problem.
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  We are heading to a AAA baseball game, oh boy, for the New York Yankees farm system.
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  Yeah, pray for me. Now listen, how do I put this?
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  I need to make something very clear before we get this thing started.
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  I am not, and I stress, I am not a Yankee fan. Not even a little bit.
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  As you can clearly see from today, I am wearing and I've come prepared my New
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  York Mets Juan Soto jersey and my Boston Red Sox hat because I'm entering Yankee
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  territory and I'm entering it fully committed.
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  But honestly, this is not really about baseball.
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  Let's turn this around. This is about moments that matter, right?
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  Because taking your kids on a field trip, watching them laugh with their friends
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  and seeing their excitements in their eyes, you know, that's the most important part.
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  And one day they'll remember these moments.
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  Now, as a parent, we don't always realize it in real time, but...
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  It's the little moments that become the big memories. So don't get me wrong.
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  If somebody tries to hand me a Yankee cap or Yankee gear, that could cause a situation.
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  So I'm just hoping that if there's a mascot, leave me alone.
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  Let me just enjoy the game because I will be rooting for the Baltimore Orioles
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  AAA farm system team because I'm already standing out as enough as it is in
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  this combination that I'm wearing.
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  You know the jersey and the hat will clearly show
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  them that i'm not a yankee fan so i basically showed
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  up looking like a baseball confusion now how
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  do we turn this around into a half-eighth let it begin message let's get serious
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  moments like this really remind me of how important it is to slow down because
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  life moves fast and kids grow fast and sometimes in the middle of a busy schedule
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  and everyday stress that we go through in life.
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  God gives us these moments to just be in the present, in the now,
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  so that we can laugh and make memories and to be appreciative of the people around us.
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  So as a Mets fan going into Yankee territory, pray for me.
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  Heavenly Father, thank you for the moments like today.
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  Thank you for family, for laughter, for the memories that we together.
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  Keep all the children safe on this trip. Bless each teacher,
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  the parents, and everyone involved.
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  And Lord, for the love of God, please give me the strength as I survive my day around Yankee fans.
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  And we pray this in your precious name. Amen. Well, that's it, everybody. I got to go.
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  Got to get ready. From one very brave Mets fan in very deep Yankee territory, God bless you.
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  God be with you and long live the Mets and anyone who faces the Yankees. Have faith.
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  Let it begin. See you later.