Mike Clark's Daily Blog
#512 our story
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…
#510 our story
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…
#510 our story
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…
#509 our story
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…
#508 our story
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…
#507 our story
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…
#506 our story
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…
#505 our story
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.…
#504 our story
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…
#503 our story
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…
#502 our story
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…
#501 our story
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…
#500 our story
The teams worked until noon and then went to Anigua. We received 2 new children. . Jim had Bible study for the staff. English in the evening & Spanish in the morning. Carla and I 4/26/2003. Jorge flipped the old brown truck on his way to his college…
#499 our story
The welding group continues while the other members of the team are painting two dorms and laying new tiles in the older girl’s dorm. I walked our third college graduate this year, Carla, tonight as she graduated in physical therapy. Donavan left for the states to be with…
#498 our story
Josue’ & I left at 4:30am just to get into the city for a 7:15 meeting. The Indiana team is painting the steel for the ladder’s cage. Our college boys are cutting back all of the giant bougainvillea so the team can install the cage. It was 20…
#497 our story
There was so much activity today as the Indiana team dove into cutting and measuring the steel for the safety ladders for the two towers. The office went from one area to another with Mike F. working on accounting and web site. They held a video conference stateside. …
#496 our story
Mike F. is meeting with Josue’ today concerning the sponsorships & the web site. Sebastian & Billy went to the Department of Labor concerning one of our teachers. Tim D.’s team arrived in the evening & began separating the materials so they cannot start in the morning. 4/12/2003.…
#495 our story
: We dedicated Grace who is the daughter of Ezdras & Marlin. All of the Doncillas girls came forward to stand by them & pray with me. Cristina & Oscar are getting ready for a busy week as people will be either coming or going each day. A…
#494 our story
Today Angie had her annual lasagna meal for the seniors and the staff. Two visitors are here playing with the children & next week we have groups coming to work various projects. Angie's annual cookout for the seniors 4/7/2003. A group of physicians arrived from California and they…
#493 our story
Today was a national holiday so everyone was just sorta laying back. I worked on the end of the month financial as well as daily report. I am so proud of Jacobo who received his diploma for the first stage of becoming a dentist. I will wear that…