Pastor Dave and Mama Gina wit their boys in Buen Pastor in 2008. Jeremy and Amy are coming this week with a team from Oklahoma. They come often and are always a blessing. She actually came and stayed for more than a month with the younger boys. Vanessa…

The children years ago had this program where they wore clothes from the village in which they were born. Please forgive me as I messed up the update and cannot figure out how to fix it. Pastor Phil will preach in my place Sunday morning. It is good…

Dottie and I with the mayor 20 years ago. Gasoline is $5.53 a gallon. You can understand why people are upset. There was an earthquake tremor of 5.9 in Esquintla. No damage here. The North Carolina team arrived Thursday. Larry and Sue as well as Walt and Randy…

Fernando and Anna were raised here and have moved on. I am happy for them and sad for me. Fernando dropped by to visit with us and he and his family are doing so good. He has his own business and has an office in Guatemala as well…

Children waiting to eat in 1994- I had trouble with the update yesterday. You can go to Google and it is on Mike Clark´s Blog when you do not get it here. Charlie came by with a team to visit Casa on Monday. They also played with the…

Teenager teaching Sunday School in our home in 1996. The manifestations, roadblocks, continue and it is sad because it doe not just hurt people going to work, people with medical emergencies and appointments, students trying to get to classes and hundreds of others simple wanting to do what…

Ezdras, Estefany and their daughters. Estefany was raised at Casa, so she was here over 20 years. Ezdras is such an amazing man and is filled with God´s love. They were such great examples for the boys in their dorm. I know they have earned the right to…

Ezdras and Estefany´s wedding 10 years ago. I will miss them. I will preach this morning on prayer emphasizing praying with faith, praying with others and praying the will of God. Carolyn made it to the family reunion in Carolina and will return Friday. Telling Ezdras and Estephanie…

The blockades continue in the city . The demonstrations are for higher gas prices. But the demonstrations do not affect the reason for high prices. Earlier this week Teddy brought a team for a tour of Casa. I became totally lightheaded as my blood pressure dropped and they…

One of the first churches we built. Estefany was raised at Casa and she and her husband, Ezdras, have been the dorm parents to the older boys. They have resigned their position to move on with their own children. It is not negative. They have been wonderful and…

This is Dottie´s parents. He led me to Jesus and he also showed me what true love is. The team left today and we have more coming. It has been a good summer. A lot of ministry and work has been done. Teddy brought his team to visit…

From the very birth of Casa Dottie has been such a special mother. There are highway blockades due to protesting high gas prices. Yesterday I told you two things I had written years ago that I wanted my love for Dottie as well as the children to be…

Dottie loves her roses. Years ago, I wrote 4 areas that I wanted to concentrate on to improve my relationship with the children. I wrote “I would spend more time with the children because life goes by so swiftly. Secondly, I would let them see me love Dottie…

Shandi helps with Michelle and Dottie also. A team from Louisiana had folks on it from Bunkie my hometown. It was such a blessing to talk with them about two of my friends, Charles and Oliver. Great memories! I preached on poverty and what God tells us about…

We had Bible study outside in the 1990s before we built buildings. A wonderful gift from God occurred when Jessica, Estella and other staff went to a super store to buy Christmas gifts. They bought all the gifts for the girls. It was $6000 but when they checked…

Phillip, Joann and the family. It is wonderful to have team here helping with sheet rocking but even more so playing and interacting with the children. Teddy brought me a lot of frozen sea food and with it was crawfish. Carolyn prepared it for me even though she…

Jessca, board member whois here for week with Estela as they are looking at future projects. We had 2 more teams arrive the last two days. One is from Clarksville Tennessee. The other is from Memphis, Tn. God says that we should remember the poor. John12:8 tells us…

The last foto of Dottie and her mother. Estela and Jessica, board members, are here this week. Yesterday I took my son, Tony, to breakfast. I enjoy that time with him. Dottie has physical therapy on Wednesdays so it allows me to leave for a couple of hours.…

This is how we do Christmas gifts. Each child has a stack of gifts. I have been teaching the children on some basics. For instance, two weeks ago, I taught on the power of the Bible then the next Sunday I taught on Grace. This Sunday I will…

Look at the number of young girls there were when we first built the Esperanza dorm. We had a team of 19 arrive yesterday from Louisiana. The teams have made the last few weeks a true blessing for the children not to mention they have also led some…