Amalia, our cook, has been with us for over 20 years. Today she was very ill due to high blood pressure & diabetes. We are awaiting the results of her examinations. We had a couple of folks offer to sponsor a child in university or in dialysis. To…
Sebastian had a meeting with CNA about the home where the fire occurred and 42 girls died. Josue' worked on the educational enrollments for the university students and the monthly costs for tuition and expenses. Oscar worked on hospital, Cometas & the apartment in the blue building costs.…
Antoni, son of Bubba and Sandra, will have surgery Thursday so please be in prayer for him. Dottie took a hearing test and does have a moderate hearing loss. I thought she was just ignoring me. They will decide May 22nd as to when she will have the…
The Christmas phot was finished in less than 30 minutes. Getting 500 people still for that time is a chore. Our land paperwork was filed with the judge today so in 5 weeks we should have all of our land in Santiago registered as two pieces of property…
We will take the Christmas foto Tuesday morning. Our soybean milk for the children has been expanded and we are providing milk for 300 children in the school in San Bartolome’. We need a person who can live in the dialysis dorm to help Aroldo. We also need…
Dottie fixed ham with the trimmings for lunch then we handed out the money to the children from their sponsors. I asked the discipleship team to present the Lord’s Supper in the evening. A number of teens got saved. I do not think I mentioned it but Adam…
We finished another home for a pastor and need only the roofs for two churches in Tecpan & Esquintla which cost $2000 each should anyone want to help. We are completing about 6 churches or pastor's home per year. The new boy in dialysis is Alex and he…
The dollar dropped again down to 7.24 quetzales. Yusbella is still in the hospital. We are ordering the roof for Los Cometas as well as the floor tile on Monday. Materials for the dialysis will also be ordered then. So we continue to slowly make headway. We have…
Traveling went well arriving in Guatemala at noon & at Casa by 1pm. Although I finished the journal on time I need to do the March financials. When we began taking the quinceaneras to the hotel they charged $50 a night for 3 girls & now they are…
I will send this early because we will leave the house for the airport at 3:45am. I have not received any negative responses to our increase October 1st for visitors to Casa and for sponsorship so I am assuming that you understand that transportation, food and utility costs…
We packed & then bought items we needed weighing as we went. Saw Chad, Becky & our grandchildren. In September 2017 we will be at Wesley UMC in Sulphur, La the morning of the 10th. Nothing scheduled for that evening nor anything at all for Sunday the 17th.…
Larry & Sue got us to the airport in Charlotte early where we ate breakfast and then we had a late lunch in Lake Charles. Very tired! Mark & Gina put us up in the camp again of which we are blessed. The seventeenth principle of success is…
The folks in Lilesville were very receptive. Adam ministered in my place at Casa. This is our last day in NC so the 11 days have really flown by too quickly. Larry & Sue have been so kind. We fly to Lake Charles Monday morning. My board wants…
We went to Rockingham to buy electrical parts for the dialysis building. I have racked my brain as to where I can cut costs and cannot see where it can be done. Sebastian, Alex, Josue' and I will sit & see what we can do when I return.…
We will be at Lilesville Baptist in Lilesville on Sunday morning. The children had a play day with the water toys and swimming pools. Wet and happy! We have rested well here with Larry & Sue & getting my mind off of the finances is a major goal.…
We shared with the Wadesboro Rotary club. The weather was not as bad as expected but a very cold front is moving into the area. We received three new children ages 12, 8 and 4 years old. The ninth principle of success is you must not quit if…
Thank you for praying. Adam and Chad were able to get the water tanks fixed as they await the new parts. We attended services at Hopewell Baptist as the temperature is dropping & rain forecasted. The seventh principle of success is obedience to the law. “Let every soul…
Casa is experiencing a serious problem with the water wells. Please pray as soon as you read this. There was a parade of kindergarten children and there were hundred dressed as elves, princesses, etc. We met with the mission’s director of Hopewell Ministries for lunch. Kyle & Cindy…
Spoke at a Rotary Club in Rockingham and then settled in for the thunderstorms. My home area in Louisiana took a beating Sunday evening with tornedos, 100 mph winds and lots of rain. But it did not get bad here in Wadesboro,NC. The third principle for success…
The two churches I spoke t today were very interested in Casa. Josue' shared in The Woodlands, Texas and Jim shared for me at Casa. Many lists can be made of success principles fould in God Word so let us look at a few. 1) Proper thinking…