The women in the weekly Bible study went out to lunch to celebrate various birthdays last month. There was a special event for the girls in Doncillas. Debbie and our daughter Becky will fly home this morning. We took today off for Labor Day which is tomorrow so…

One of the teens burned her face and arm while cooking. The hospital treated her but she will need time to recover. Andres and Estella came to spend a couple of days since it is a holiday weekend. Luke 2:52 says, “And Jesus increased in wisdom and…

Ex-president Arzu passed away yesterday. He was currently the mayor of Guatemala City. His wife was the first First Lady to visit Casa and help us to get containers through customs. She dedicated the baby dorm and brought us children who needed a home. I gave my testimony…

I am a very proud father. Twenty-none years ago the Lord sent us a 9 year old boy named Alex. He has grown up here and for 17 years he and his wife, Sara, have been dorm parents. They have four children of their own and at age…

[box type="shadow"] Campus Updates: Friday morning Dottie turns 75. I never believed a 75 year old woman could be so pretty. Wes arrived to get in on the last two days of the board meeting. A team from Fayetteville, Ark arrived. Today was also a sports day for…

Today, from 1pm until 4:30pm, was visiting day for parents who have permission from the courts to visit their children After the board meeting we went and laid hands on Ezdras and Marlin anointing them with oil as they begin their ministry to the boys in Vencedores. The…

The board arrived today in spite of the fact there were major demonstrations against the administration of the Guatemalan president. Our daughter, Becky, also arrived with Debbie. Our office staff has done a wonderful job of preparing for the meeting. And our chairman, Thom, hit the ground running…

The new interim house parents, Ezdras and Marlin Estefany, moved into Vencedores today. This week will be very busy with the board meeting from Wednesday through Friday; family day on Wednesday and Sports day on Thursday. To top it off Monday the staff will be off for Labor…

Our board will be coming in beginning Tuesday for our annual meeting. Remember to pray for more staff for us here at Casa. We need house parents and we need someone who can care for the visitors. And do not forget we need someone to watch the dorm…

What an awesome result! Fernando and Anna are dorm parents here and he has been working for years as a computer programmer in Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. He has resigned his job and is starting his own company. I am so proud of him. So pray that God…

Dr. Mike Toups came to check the eyes of the children. He has done these examinations every year for over 20 years. We cannot turn back the clock. What is done is done. What has happened has happened. Contentment is ceasing to look back with “if only”…

A group of Korean physicians stopped by to tell me they were available in May to check our children. It amazed them that we had a pediatrician on staff as well as a dentist one day a week. True happiness does not depend on our material wealth…

There is a church in our area made up of mostly poor people so Adela, who lives in my house, asked our children and staff to give to help them. So she went with Brandi, Georgie and Michelle to deliver toys, rice, beans, sugar as well as clothes…

It appears that few churches have a desire for us to share with them in September and October. We will be at Word of Life in Patterson, La on Sunday September 30thand then at Family Life in Lafayette, La on October 7th. That means we have Sundays September…

Today was a holiday as Guatemalans went to the polls to vote on the situation of the Guatemalan/Belize border dispute. Our school and services were closed. Jim took a number of teenage girls to a Christian movie. Would you please pray for the finances at Casa as we…

Dottie and I enjoyed singing using the keyboard that we did the music on Sunday morning with the children. It followed on the heels of the concert that the older boys attended meaning that they had the opportunity to truly praise God the last 16 hours. By the…

There was another accident last night in front of our house. No one died but there were 15 serious injuries. After all these years of living upstairs in our home I fell down the stairs. When I began falling I could not stop until I hit the sidewalk…

The schools in San Bartolome’ are hosting games and competition every Friday for 2 months and our children from kindergarten through high school are participating. We had our monthly staff worship and Word time. Dottie shared with everyone how we used only a keyboard when we had 500 children.…

Although a friend was able to get the water pump working we had a technician come at 7am to clean all the connections and diagnose the problem. Tony, one of the university boys who lives in our house, was placed on a drip due to illness that he…

Michelle, special needs, had a severe seizure and fell with her little cheap IPOD so we had to go and buy her another one. This IPOD allows her to play games or talk on the phone which is so important to her. Sebastian and Dorcas went to a…