There was a very bad wreck in front of Casa as a truck was making a U-turn in front of an oncoming vehicle. Two ambulances took the injured to the hospital. I would imagine that the Department of Transportation will close the opening in front of our property.…

The two teams that arrived yesterday are both from Tennessee. They had a scavenger hunt Sunday afternoon. Benjamin came to show me his diploma from culinary school. He works at a steak house in Chimaltenango. 8/21/2000.  Six years ago a woman arrived from Mexico carrying a one…

We ask that you be praying as we will have need of dorm parents for Doncillas next year. Our contract with Ezdras & Marlin was for 2 years. Please pray about coming and being parents of the teenage girls. If you desire a work project at Casa please…

Our oldest son, Tony, is 50 years old today.We went to his house for supper and his favorite cake that Dottie has cooked every year for as long as I can remember. Our basketball teams won first, second and third place in San Bartolome’. So each age group…

One team left for home this morning. Another team went with Alex A. to install water filters and the third team went to Antigua. I had a morning meeting with the architect as we are unifying all of the land in the Santiago side of our property. Our…

The three teams did various jobs today. Dottie and 2 of the visitors worked on her flower garden. We had visitors from Telemedicine in Georgia. The team provided Chinese food for all of the boy’s dorm except Cometas who had McDonalds. 8/1/2000. Mount Pacaya erupted. Dr. Franklin’s…

One of the teams that are here was scheduled to go to Haiti but the violence was so bad in Haiti they could not go. We experienced a strong hail and rain storm last night. The women took Angie to Antigua for dinner to celebrate her birthday. I…

The children will begin taking their first semester tests the following Monday so most of them are in their dorms studying. At least I hope so. The Maryland team had lasagna for the older boys. A team from Texas arrived so we have 3 teams here. There is…

A correction! We will need someone from May 11thto June 11thfor Vencedores. The Md team had a puppet show for the younger dorms. They had pizza for Esperanza down. A large team from Alabama arrived. 7/8/2000  We drove to Patterson where we had lunch with Pastor Lee &…

The Maryland team is working on the girl’s bathroom. I want to remind you that we need someone to come and stay in Vencedores, the middle boy’s dorm, from May 27thuntil June 27th. Please pray even if you cannot come for the total time. We had staff Bible…

Today we received 3 new children. God has answered my prayers that the courts would send more children & over the last 2 months we have received dozens of new children. We will need emergency help May 27 to June 27 because Mike and Amber will be going…

We had a “first” yesterday as Mike went to the city. He was walking when a man approached and demanded money. Mike coldcocked him with his fist knocking him to the ground and Mike walked away. The only time something like this happened was when a man pulled…

Our multi-media system went out completely. Last night 15 children gave their lives to Jesus.One them who was saved was the young boy who was beaten so badly. A seminary will be sending ministers every two weeks through October to minister to our children. 5/25. What a wonderful…

Today was visiting day for the non-abusive parents. \We had church services in the evening. Alex who had a transplant and was sent home is not doing well. He now has high blood pressure & diabetes. Dr. Lou says he has about 4 months to live. The parents…

I just came from the new dialysis building & we are desperate for plumbers, carpenters & electricians. I am asking everyone to pray for a financial miracle. I believe that the Lord can send a million dollars so we can minister to dying children. Jim, Kate, Christine and Angie…

The older children who were raised at Casa acted as parents for “family” dinner. This was a super idea. Mike Sims who just joined our staff has asked for prayer as he has two 10mm kidney stones. A government agency came three days as they are taking a…

Dottie and I finished shopping for the vitamins we need for 6 months. Kenny came by but for the most part we just packed & went to bed early as we will leave early tomorrow morning for home. We made the right decision in not going north to…

We left for the airport at 4am only to be told our flight was cancelled. We will arrive in Guatemala at 11pm. The sad thing is that today is our special needs child’s birthday & we had a party planned. She was told we would be there at…