Mike Clark's Daily Blog
60 our story
Someone took me up on my offer and sent me three pages of remembrances. It will be a while but you will get to read those stories. I hope more of you could send me something that you remember. The team worked on plumbing while the women helped…
#59 our story
Susie, adopted, started college today. I am so proud and grateful to her adoptive parents. This is short notice but Walt will be going to the states for a week on September 16thuntil the 23rd. We really need someone to come and watch his dorm. If you can…
#58 our story
Jeny has lived here all of her life & has graduated as a physical therapist. This morning her father passes away. Both the Buen Pastor boys and the Vencedores boys had a choreographed presentation for Bible. I preached to myself as my topic was worry. But when I…
#57 our story
We had a water baptism and 20 children and one adult were baptized. The Illinois team began working on plumbing and electrical projects. Last night we had the same amount of rainfall as we did when the wall fell. So, when I woke up, I went and checked…
#56 our story
Today was what is called Semanario where the graduating seniors present to all of the junior and senior high students as well as to the staff a professional project. One student who has been here all of her life got so emotional that she just broke into tears.…
#55 our story
Since I have a lot of problems remembering dates and projects I was wondering if any of you who have been associated with Casa over the years might remember a story I could share. Many of you have such a heart for Casa that goes back decades. If you…
#54 our story
Mike and Amber spent time with Josue’ touring Casa and then Dottie and I shared with them our vision. They are from Fort Worth, Texas. I spent a portion of my day writing updates concerning Dottie and my life stories. So many things have happened and much of…
#53 our story
One of our board members, Jessica, arrived for a few days. Also Mike & Amber Sims arrived as they have an interest in being dorm parents. A place to sleep was always a problem as we had no dormitories. In the midst of the first project, my house,…
#52 our story
Today is “Day of the Corn” in Guatemala. Every school celebrates with a festival. Corn to the Mayan is a sacred item. The children did very well with their presentations here at Casa. Walt returned today & Kelly left yesterday after caring for the dorm in Walt &…
#51 our story
It was a very tranquil Sunday. The children played soccer as usual and hung out with their family members. Hillbilly and a few folks stopped by for a couple of days before going back to the states. The Mississippian would build us a house. He actually…
#50 our story
One of the things that I do on Saturday is to take all of level 4 & 5 boys from Buen Pastor & Vencedores an to the front property where they can play soccer or just hang out. It is a reward for good behavior. We do not…
#49 our story
Our seniors had a test from 7am until 11am in Santa Lucia to see where they are academically. The Maryland team left at midnight. Jose’ came by to show me photos of another church being completed. God has truly blessed. The school had a presentation with music &…
#48 our story
You may remember that a government home for delinquents burned last year and killed a number of girls. The government has put a home here in San Bartolome’ for 30 girls. The residents of the village are never happy. I had a visit by two of our girls…
#47 our story
Brandi will be leaving on September 4thand my heart is already broken. She has been such a blessing. Cristine will be taking over with the teams and groups. If you want to visit Casa the email is still casaaleluya@gmail.com. Please pray that we can make this a smooth…
#46 my story
The Maryland team actually began at 6am continuing the cleanup of the wall. “All things work to the good”. Because of paper work we were unable to sell the flat bed truck. Now it is carrying away the debris. Praise God! I worked on lessons. Our…
#45 my story
It will take two to three months to clean out the fallen wall and rebuild the wall. We will need to hire 3 bricklayers and 4 helpers. Sharon and Emanuel, seniors, have been accepted to do their internship in a local bank. These are the first students accepted…
Personal
The New York team took the university young people zip lining and then to a fancy restaurant. Both Esperanza down and Estrellitas down performed a musical praise dance to the Lord. Both were excellent. We dedicated Glenda’s baby, Isabella. After service kids came up and handed me money…
#44 my story
The New York team had a Carnival with 4 dorms following one another. Vencedores, Estrellitas, Cometas and Esperanza upstairs. Then in the evening they had a game night for the older girls and boys. They also awarded gifts to the winners of the tournaments yesterday. A team from…
Thoughts
The teams began cleaning up the fallen wall. The college boys helped also. The New York team had a volleyball tournament for the girls followed by a soccer tournament for the boys. We had a visit from Gethsemane Church in Miami, Florida who brought us soccer shoes and…
#43 my story
We had a hard rain last night and over 200 feet of our wall fell. It will cost thousands so pray for a financial miracle. The rain was so hard that the blue building had 2 inches of water in it. A census has begun in Guatemala.They came…