Estephany, dialysis, was hospitalized because her catheter is failing. Please pray for a miracle. Gladys has done an incredible job of getting and packing Christmas gifts and a bag of clothes for every child. My trip to the dentist went quickly & he installed a false tooth. Two…

Part of the Louisiana team worked in the flowers with Dottie while the rest of the team had crafts with the younger girls in the morning and then crafts with Esperanza as well a dinner for the dialysis children and then a time of sharing with the university…

Ezdras & Marlin took their teenage girls in Doncillas to a water park and will be there from 10aam to 10pm so they will be worn out. Please be praying for two sets of house parents we need. Dottie & I will be in the states the month…

Physically I had a difficult day and would appreciate your prayers. Today was visiting day so we had Bible services in the evening. There are 19 visitors here. Dedicating a baby 6/17/2003. Today is Father’s Day in Guatemala so I attended a party at the school for the…

Our 9 year old Doberman is carrying 10 puppies & should be giving bith in a few days. Debbie & Cindy left yesterday as did the Md, Pa & W.Va. The Wisconsin team left this morning. We have three teams totaling 19 folks arriving today & tomorrow.. The…

I wrote a number of updates. Dottie went to the market in Antigua to buy materials to make curtains. We met with the architect concerning the combining the 16 pieces of property into two registrations only. It would have been one title but our property is in two…

EMERGENCY! CRISIS! The Sims will be leaving in 2 weeks and we do not have dorm parents for those 15 little boys ages 7 to 10. Please pray but also fast a meal each day for us. At the moment there is no one interested in coming for…

As usual the girls do not want to leave the hotel. They were a great group & we did not have any trouble with them at all. One team had a bingo tournament with Esperanza girls. The other team had snacks & games with Vencedores then later with…

We received two new children last night. The teams had snacks with the baby dorm at 9m; crafts with Estrelitas at 10; crafts with Cometas at 11 and in the afternoon they crafts for dialysis, Esperanza up and down. The other team had a soccer tournament for the…

The girls left with Dottie, Gladys & I for the annual 3 days in the hotel. They are all so happy & obedient. We ate lunch at a chicken place. There was a family sitting about 4 booths down. The man motioned for me to go to his…

We have a large number of visitors so I had services in Spanish & then in English. What I shared I needed personally so hearing it twice was good for me. I spoke to the teams tonight. Wagons ho! 5/25/2003.My foot is so infected that the doctor said…

We had a group leave today and another 14 folks arrive. One group is repainting the dialysis dorm. The girls from Esperanza upstairs went swimming. Debbie, my secetary, & Cindy arrived. It was Cindy’s birthday so we went to lunch. Alex came home from the hospital 7 his…

The busiest day of the year! Some of the quinceaneras were up before 2am to do their hairdos. In the senior class Pedro Caniz & Brayan Cermeno were the scholarship winners & both have high goals for university. They want to study architecture & business administration respectfully. There…

One team did an outreach to a village & another worked on the dialysis building & a third team had crafts for every dorm & some of the men worked on the older girls dorm. Dottie, Gladys & I went to the market & purchased the flowers and…

It is so strange that we have had more broken arms with kids playing volley ball then playing soccer. Another girl broke her arm. Today is a special day of “Let’s play together” which the children love. Josue’ & Sebastian went to verify all of our land deeds.…

We had practice today for graduation. The graduates are kindergarten, 6thgrade, 9thgrade & seniors and also the quinceaneras. Walt & Randi took los Cometas and the dialysis children with Mike & Amber to eat pizza, go to a movie and then have a chicken dinner. Part of the…

This is the busiest week of the year. Dottie & I went to get the food for the quinceaneras when we go to the hotel. Sebastian’s 10 year old niece passed away. Gladys is working on the program for Friday. She made the special diplomas for the two…

Claudia brought us 220 Christmas tote bags with names on them. Her husband, Angel, & son, Jeremy came also. Farrell & Ina, our second sponsors in 1989 arrived. Alma came to visit as she is due to give birth this week & wanted prayer. Angel, Jeremy and Claudia…

Jim & Kate left for a vacation time with her mother & then Jim will return for graduation only to then return & get Kate for them to go visit their children in New Zealand.   Estephany went to the emergency room with catheter infection. Alex goes this week…