Mike Clark's Daily Blog
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Dottie & I will be in the states August 26thuntil September 26th. If you are interested in having us please contact Debbie Hyatt. Dottie was ill all night & is still feeling poorly. We need your prayers! One Tn. Team left & a large Arkansas team arrived. The…
#263 our story
We received a little girl during the night. The visitors on one team painted fingernails with the younger girls and then the next age group. They also taught both groups some Jewish/Christian dances. The men provided ice cream for the boys. Today a Guatemalan couple came to tell us…
#262 our story
Dr. Lou is speaking with the judges today to explain to them why the children with transplants need to remain at Casa due to the need of anti-rejection medicine. Little Alex is so sick and is losing the transplanted kidney. We received 2 new children last night. The…
#261 our story
“Ask and you shall receive” God says so I am asking. We are hoping to have skilled teams that can hang sheetrock/drywall, finish and paint it in different bedrooms. Also we need carpenters that can build clothes cabinets for the older girls and older boys. As I said…
#260 our story
Alex who had the kidney transplant and was sent home is now in kidney failure & will have to be placed on hemodialysis. The team is painting the oldest building on campus. It was used to dry pears before we bought the land 28 years ago. We have…
#259 our story
There was a very bad wreck in front of Casa as a truck was making a U-turn in front of an oncoming vehicle. Two ambulances took the injured to the hospital. I would imagine that the Department of Transportation will close the opening in front of our property.…
#258 our story
The two teams that arrived yesterday are both from Tennessee. They had a scavenger hunt Sunday afternoon. Benjamin came to show me his diploma from culinary school. He works at a steak house in Chimaltenango. 8/21/2000. Six years ago a woman arrived from Mexico carrying a one…
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We ask that you be praying as we will have need of dorm parents for Doncillas next year. Our contract with Ezdras & Marlin was for 2 years. Please pray about coming and being parents of the teenage girls. If you desire a work project at Casa please…
#257 our story
Our oldest son, Tony, is 50 years old today.We went to his house for supper and his favorite cake that Dottie has cooked every year for as long as I can remember. Our basketball teams won first, second and third place in San Bartolome’. So each age group…
#256 our story
One team left for home this morning. Another team went with Alex A. to install water filters and the third team went to Antigua. I had a morning meeting with the architect as we are unifying all of the land in the Santiago side of our property. Our…
#255 our story
The three teams did various jobs today. Dottie and 2 of the visitors worked on her flower garden. We had visitors from Telemedicine in Georgia. The team provided Chinese food for all of the boy’s dorm except Cometas who had McDonalds. 8/1/2000. Mount Pacaya erupted. Dr. Franklin’s…
#254 our story
One of the teams that are here was scheduled to go to Haiti but the violence was so bad in Haiti they could not go. We experienced a strong hail and rain storm last night. The women took Angie to Antigua for dinner to celebrate her birthday. I…
#253 our story
We received triplets today along with their 2 siblings and all 5 are in the baby dorm. The boy who fell out of bed breaking his elbow and his forearm had surgery last Friday and is had surgery again today. It appears to have been successful. He was jumping…
#252 Our Story
The children will begin taking their first semester tests the following Monday so most of them are in their dorms studying. At least I hope so. The Maryland team had lasagna for the older boys. A team from Texas arrived so we have 3 teams here. There is…
#251 our story
A correction! We will need someone from May 11thto June 11thfor Vencedores. The Md team had a puppet show for the younger dorms. They had pizza for Esperanza down. A large team from Alabama arrived. 7/8/2000 We drove to Patterson where we had lunch with Pastor Lee &…
#250
The Maryland team is working on the girl’s bathroom. I want to remind you that we need someone to come and stay in Vencedores, the middle boy’s dorm, from May 27thuntil June 27th. Please pray even if you cannot come for the total time. We had staff Bible…
#249 our story
I have received contact from different plumbers so I want to than you for contacting us. CJ will be coming to help us. Our bank account is nearly zero for the dialysis building so we will finish the plumbing and wait on God. An elderly Guatemalan woman who…
#248 our story
Today we received 3 new children. God has answered my prayers that the courts would send more children & over the last 2 months we have received dozens of new children. We will need emergency help May 27 to June 27 because Mike and Amber will be going…
#247 our story
We had a “first” yesterday as Mike went to the city. He was walking when a man approached and demanded money. Mike coldcocked him with his fist knocking him to the ground and Mike walked away. The only time something like this happened was when a man pulled…
#246 our story
Our multi-media system went out completely. Last night 15 children gave their lives to Jesus.One them who was saved was the young boy who was beaten so badly. A seminary will be sending ministers every two weeks through October to minister to our children. 5/25. What a wonderful…