Mike Clark's Daily Blog
#100 our story
As I finished September so much still needed to be said. The ministry at Word of Life was graciously received. We drove back to Lake Charles and when I got on line Walt had written telling me that Jordan had his feeding tube removed. He still has to…
The reunion
In the 1970s I was part of the faculty of the Teaching Center in Lafayette. Of the seven original teachers Elbert. Earnest, Ken and Melvin have passed away leaving Francis (wife Babs), Howard (wife Becky) and myself with Dottie as the remaining teachers from the early 70s. Today…
#98 our story
We began packing so as to know what we will need to buy in the area of vitamins, medicines and household goods. I gave some thought as to what I will share Saturday at Christian Center Church in Duson. Sunday at 9:30am we will be at Word of…
#97 Our story
We arrived back in Lake Charles and will rest a couple of days before heading out again. Spoke with our chairman, Thom. Today is our son Chad’s birthday so we visited with him. The new car donated to us was delivered today. We are grateful. In March…
#96 our story
Eola First Baptist is only 500 yards from where my dad worked before going off shore. Pastor Bill & the church were gracious to us. We visited with Don and his family. Aroldo shared with me that the seminar he attended in Vera Cruz was a blessing because…
#95 our story
We took a detour and went to Nachitoches and visited Northwestern State where we always stop to see the bench Dottie was sitting on when I proposed to her 56 years ago. Oscar wanted a book on architecture which we could not find but we did manage to…
#94 our story
Aroldo returned from his Mexican meeting for dialysis staff. Wednesday night Dottie and I will be at Eola Baptist, 2293 Hwy 29E, Bunkie, Louisiana. We returned and visited with Chloe the wife of my pastor and dear friend Melvin. In January of 2001 we had a…
#93
The ministry at First Baptist was special. Dottie was the first person baptized in that church 69 years ago. It was where her father pastored and Crossett was where I was saved 56 years ago. The congregation was receptive. We had lunch with Cora Mae, age 95, &…
#92 our story
We drove to Crossett, Ar where we will be at 1stBaptist. We were also able to go visit the graveside of our daughter, Michelle, as well as Dottie’s parents. Michelle died in 1964. Pastor Jamie had a funeral to attend and his wife, Trish, was ill so we…
#91 Our story
One of the things that Dottie and I love to do on these trips home is to buy Christian books & just read. I do not know how many of you are familiar with Louis Zamperini who ran in the 1936 Olympics, was shot down in World War…
#90 our story
Aroldo sent me his photograph from Mexico and his dialysis conference but it did not down load. This Sunday morning we will be at First Baptist in Crossett, Arkansas at 10:30am. Dottie and I were able to visit the grave of our son, Jonathan, who died in 1971.…
89 our story
Would you believe that we have all the newsletters through today? That is over 325 news letters. We cannot find March of 2014; September for both 2004 & 2005 and October of 2006. If you have them could you copy them and send them to Debbie? We visited…
#88 our story
Aroldo emailed me from Vera Cruz to tell me how blessed he is to work with the dialysis children and especially pray for Wendy as she leaves and to continue to pray for Genesis, Karen, Jose’, Elias, Juan Carlos and Sindy1. God has saved all of these children…
#87 our story
Left Mobile at 7am and we were in Lake Charles by noon. Wednesday, September 19, at 6:30 pm we will be at Washington Baptist in Washington, La. I inserted a photograph to the update of the top students in every class. Aroldo flew to Vera Cruz today in…
#86 our story
Wendy, by law, has to return to her home. She was unable to get the kidney transplant. But she is saved. We had good services at Friendship Baptist church and I shared a little that evening. We will leave early on Monday to drive back to Lake Charles.…
#85 our story
We left Baton Rouge and drove to Pascagoula Ms where we had lunch with Curtis and Rachal. It is fitting that I am sharing our story and it was Curtis and Jerry who came to Casa in the early 90s that totally hanged the direction of Casa. I…
#84 our story
We will leave tomorrow for Alabama but will stop and stay with my sister, Virginia, in Baton Rouge. My other sister, Charlotte, is not doing too good physically so we want to get by there, Opelousas, this coming week. We are all aging. We saw our son,…
#83 our story
The President was under scrutiny so he simply fired everyone investigating him. The farmers are revolting and 18 have been killed. Two days of protests have happened. Today we are going to have rhythmic gymnastics activities, and drawing contests for Independence Day. Once when Dottie and I…
#82 Our story
There was a manifestation in Guatemala City so our children with appointments could not reach their destination. It is an attempt to force the President from office. This Sunday the 16thwe will be ministering at Friendship Baptist in Grand Bay, Alabama at 8:30 and 10:30am. At 6pm we…
#81 our story
The wall reconstruction on the back property is going slow because the rains have been so heavy. I worked on Christmas cards for hours as I need to address 1750. Dr. Tim gave us our yearly dental checkup. Dottie shopped. The teachers began preparing for Independence week activities.…