When Jim & Kate were in the states that bought 50 or so Christian books so there are so many teenagers reading every day . Bob is installing more TVs for the school students.  Quique & friends for his birthday

Thousands of immigrants are coming through Guatemala headed to the Texas Border. There is no doubt they will be carrying Covid. A great influx of  Guatemala & Honduran have just over run the police and army. Today was one of the coldest ever.  My sight from the watrr tower

We are quarantining from the school because the health department visited, took tests, found nothing but asked us to not have school for extra 5 days. The children are eating in shifts these 5 days. Dottie & I are approaching 10 months of not being able to leave…

The health department gave us a clean slate of health but suggested we add 3 days more of quarantined so we did not have church services Sunday. But I had a good day of listening to preaching by Billy Graham’s children &4 sermons by the Duck Dynasty family.…

The Covid vaccine is not in Guatemala yet there are groups telling people they have it and can sell them some. That would be deadly. 2020 has not brought out the best of humanity in many areas. We need to love each other regardless of who they are. …

WOW! The department of health came to check for Covid and found none. But one of the nurses was the mid-wife who delivered Josue 32 years ago. It was awesome to meet her. They found no symptoms.  God is on the throne! This last year has shown us that…

It will take a while for the students & teachers to get the program working smoothly. You can imagine have a room full of students watching a the same teach on a computer. They just will not be learning at the same rate. The good students will do…

Today is the day. The new school year has begun. The first to begin are he junior high and high school students. I believe the elementary classes begin later this week. In order to apply for our clinic’s license 33 staff members had to give urine, blood and…

 The last year just gets worst. Covid-19 meant we could not receive any children in 2020 & some of the older ones left to look for jobs. We are down to 10 kids in some dorms. We need a maintenance man and 2 sets of dorm parents. Now…

Our staff is gearing up for school to begin Wednesday. It will be a tremendous challenge but I know the staff will make it happen. Teddy stopped by to drop off some vitamins. We had very bad news as Nelson, our driver, quit because we have had no…

One of the young boys in Cometas was sick all night & Heidi, Candida & Aroldo cared for him. This morning he is still ill. His mother has kidney disease & is on hemo-dialysis. We called our doctor & the child will have multiple tests tomorrow. I have…

: Josue’s father came & they spent over an hour praying. We were able to get the birthday and Christmas gift money to the children whose sponsors had sent it. I waited until after Christmas because I want them to be able to buy what they want once…

This is the last weekend before the new school year begins. Our college and high school students will be studying by computers virtually. All students below those grades will have their daily lessons emailed to them. After what happened at congress in Washington we need to be praying…

Marcus came here at age 5 & has graduated & s working a full time job. He went through our transition program & today left to live on his own. Last week Kenneth did the same thing and this is our goal. We are proud of them. PLEASE,…

Dottie cooked a turkey gumbo for all of the children. Josue spoke with the head judge and they want to help us get more children so keep praying. The weather here is so cold. Bob will probably have to return to the state to update his passport as…

Josue & our physician made the rounds of Departments of Health, Social Work and Pyschology to update our legal paper work and it went well. Billy had already done that for the education department for 2021. I truly need your prayers. Some of the young people over 21…

Today is moving day as younger children move to older dorms. You can tell the stress is getting to the college students so I am concerned we will lose some of them also. Josue’ has set up a zoom connection so the staff who lives here and the…

Angie returned from her time in the states. Billy is getting all the information for the opening of the new school year. It is a huge task but if anyone can do it, Billy can. Dottie & I take many vitamins daily but we are out of most…

Georgie had an evening meal (dress up) for the college students. The boys went back to the dorm midnight & the girls had a sleep in . Then at 9 am for breakfast together. It was a great blessing. We will need 3 sets of dorm parents this…

The children set off fireworks last night so they are all moving slowly today. Dottie and I spent time praying about 2021, the children and staff at Casa as well as the finances. God has been so good to us. We grilled hamburgers for lunch. I am asking…