Equipping people is more than telling them what to do. I watched my eight-year-old grandson invite my eleven-year-old granddaughter to play catch with a baseball and glove. She had never had a glove on her hand. Nor had she played catch with a baseball. First, someone had to show her how to use the glove to catch the ball. Sometimes catching required both hands. Other times, catching meant squeezing the glove as the ball entered it. Then, she needed to learn that throwing the ball was more than hurling. Throwing involved trying to get the ball to her cousin so he could catch it. She quickly learned how to handle the ball and glove.
