An interesting thing about Dottie´s disease is that she dreams about her past as if it were today. She wakes me up and tells me stuff about her family. This morning about 4am she woke up laughing and talking to me as though I were her brother Luther.…

Our son, Tony, fell on the stairs in his home and hurt his ribs badly and other limbs also. He was holding the baby and could not break his fall so pray for him please. The surgery on Flor´s foot was successful. There will be a long recovery,…

The surgery took over 4 hours but we have not been told anything. So we are still praying for a good result so continue to pray for success. Yesterday I preached on the purpose of the Bible. The first truth was the Bible is the foundation of our…

Cleaning the water tanks As you read this Sunday morning pray for Flor as she is undergoing surgery early today. This is parent visitation day, so the parents come to the services and then have a parenting session where Makko shares parenting skills with them. It has been…

Last foto I promise Now that Shirley has graduated, I am down to 5 or 6 college students that have an opportunity to graduate soon. Adela, William and Kimberly are on track to graduate within the year. Tony and Quique have a year to go. It is really…

Shirley´s graduation. Flor who is Esvin´s wife and is the head chef of our kitchen and food services fell and broke her foot in two places requiring surgery. She will be unable to work for a while. The surgery cannot take place until the swelling goes down. She…

I am the most blessed father. This is Shirley. I am still reeling from seeing Shirley graduate. Over the years so many young people who came here as children studied hard, had a goal and are now college graduates. Watching Shirley graduate Magna Cu Laude just made me…

Shirley was a top graduate The men cleaned all five water tower tanks so we were without water all day. Our largest earth tremor so far was yesterday and registered 5.9. Shirleys graduation was 40 plus graduates every hour on the hour from 8-1pm and we were in…

Dottie loves her dog, Spot, so much Michell spent from Friday until Monday morning with Tony, our son, and Lily. They want to take care of her when Dottie and I no longer can. Michell does love them. She is so healthy that I am sure she will…

A week before Dottie was stricken with the disease. Jose’ has worked with me in the field for over 32 years. He is the one who locates the villages that have no Christian ministry. He spends time with them and finds someone who is willing to go to…

Michelle helping Dottie with therapy. The therapist told me that Dottie´s feet are getting more rigid, and she cannot bend her ankles. At least this is something that you and I can knowingly pray about. This weakness is all the way up to her waist and she shows…

When I was 10 I began to work at 2:30am at the train station waiting for the newspapers from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Opelousas to be thrown off the train so I could deliver them. The station is still there. We had another tremor, but it…

Dottie loves her Bible and tries to read daily The children in our school just took their final exam for the third semester. We have not had seismic activity in a few days so hopefully the tremors have stopped. The rains are extremely heavy although it is wonderful…

The compression boots work well and gives some relieve. I have started a fast for Dottie. Her feet are becoming extremely weak and atrophying and mentally there is a decline. She uses the compression boots every other day and that gives her some relief.   If you can…

Angel and Claudia who was raised here have their own business and have been so generous to Casa. We had a face call with the board yesterday which we are attempting to do every Tuesday. I believe it was our beat conference call ever. Why did God call…

Andreas cutting my hair. Dottie and I miss the singing that we had with Larry and Sue and we do not have an old Gospel song book. If one of you has access to an old time Gospel song book, would you send me one. I have preached…

Roxana received her final status as a lawyer and notary. I am so proud of her. I continue to teach on MERCY on Sunday mornings and look at the many ways God shows us mercy. For instance, to Noah He gave perseverance; Job received patience; Abraham received faith;…

Michelle with Sue and Larry. Shandi is doing an excellent job with Dottie as Adela is in collage all day on Saturday. One of Larry´s specialties is cooking silver dollar pancakes so i8yesterday he brought Dottie and I a large platter full. He cooked them twice this week…

Rocio works for the local mayor and is leaving Casa after 11 years, She is 21. The North Carolina team had a great day of ministry with Adam and Vilma.   Larry and Sue come to our room and visit with Dottie. We sing old Baptist hymns and…

Returning from Poaquil with a storm coming. There have been so many earthquakes and tremors around the world, and we have had our share with over 4000 hitting Central America. Of course, the 8.8 earthquake in Japan should be an eye opener for all of us. The border…