Today was visiting day for the non-abusive parents. \We had church services in the evening. Alex who had a transplant and was sent home is not doing well. He now has high blood pressure & diabetes. Dr. Lou says he has about 4 months to live. The parents…

I just came from the new dialysis building & we are desperate for plumbers, carpenters & electricians. I am asking everyone to pray for a financial miracle. I believe that the Lord can send a million dollars so we can minister to dying children. Jim, Kate, Christine and Angie…

The older children who were raised at Casa acted as parents for “family” dinner. This was a super idea. Mike Sims who just joined our staff has asked for prayer as he has two 10mm kidney stones. A government agency came three days as they are taking a…

We left for the airport at 4am only to be told our flight was cancelled. We will arrive in Guatemala at 11pm. The sad thing is that today is our special needs child’s birthday & we had a party planned. She was told we would be there at…

Dottie and I finished shopping for the vitamins we need for 6 months. Kenny came by but for the most part we just packed & went to bed early as we will leave early tomorrow morning for home. We made the right decision in not going north to…

We awoke Monday to extremely cold weather here in south Louisiana. Today was Dottie’s last shopping day as we will do the majority of our packing tomorrow. We were able to spend some time with four of our grandsons which was a blessing. Sebastian is ill since last…

3/21/2000. I have been trying to buy the property next to ours on the Pan American highway but today the owner began to put used cars on it. Debbie received an ugly letter from a sponsor who was complaining they did not hear from their…

There was a hot dog roast for all of the boys given by Adam and a team staying with him. Mike F. has been at the house presenting two programs to Josue’ and his team. First they are working on the finances and secondly they are looking at…

Greg and Kellie took all of the administration staff out to lunch. Today is The Day of Friendship in Guatemala so the children are exchanging cards and hopefully doing kind things for one another. Dottie spoke with Gladys and she said that Michelle is having far more seizures…

We shopped for vitamins and food that we cannot purchase in Guatemala. We received a new girl today. I am grateful that the courts are sending us children 1/14. The electricity went off at noon and did not come back on until after midnight. This slowed the…

We are in Alexandria and we were just contacted that Francis Todd, another old friend, passed away. We send our love and prayers to his wife Judy. The courts sent home one of our best and oldest teenage girls. She had the opportunity for a future so we…

56 years ago today Dottie and I were married in her living room with her parents, my father, Dottie’s sister & brother-in-law. I cannot imagine where all the years have gone. We arrived last Monday to 84 degree weather and now it is in the 30s in N.…

Jim preached for me yesterday in Guatemala. During the night we received a new 16 year-old girl. We drove from DeQueen, Ar to Fayetteville in a driving rain storm. But we arrived and immediately went to see Linda in the living facility. We spent the night with our…

Dr. Jalali, dentist, came to Casa with Paul M. to check teeth. So many of our children have bad teeth. One of the teenage girls had to be taken to the hospital & Josue’ has asked that everyone please pray for her. We had dinner with Dr. Hines…

Pastor Perry of Glad Tidings in Lake Charles passed away. He and his congregation had been so kind to us. “We visited with Crissy, our daughter and her family. So we drove to my hometown of Bunkie where we will visit with Dr. Hines Saturday. Of course it…

We left Baton Rouge and drove to see my other sister, Charlotte and husband Wayne, in Opelousas. It is hard to believe that we three siblings are 75, 74 and 71 years old. We will be sharing at Bayou Rouge Baptist Church in Evergreen, La. this Sunday as…

Josue’ began paying the university tuition for February. The water pump has finally been fixed. Greg and Kellie have jumped in and will be giving days of relief to the dorm parents. The first couple to be blessed was Fernando and Anna in Esperanza down. We did some…

With the many years of traveling this was our first time where we had a flight cancelled. So we had to stay overnight in Houston. Today we went to Lake Charles and then to Baton Rouge to see my sister, Virginia. You will not believe this but the…