Mike Clark's Daily Blog
Take my hand
Katerine Marisol was hospitalized last night with symptoms of appendicitis. They kept her and operated this morning. One of the teams is from First Baptist in Crossett, Ark. The Pastor Jamie is with them. This is the church Dottie’s father pastored sixty years ago.Great memories! Graduation and the…
one step at a time
Teams from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee arrived. There are 80 visitors sleeping here tonight. I finished my testimony for the radio program at KAJN in Crowley, La. It took exactly 50 five minute programs. The mistake we often make when we ask Jesus to guide us is…
Serve by loving
A motorcycle ran into Angie’s car. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital. Angie was not physically hurt. Cindy will begin hemo dialysis as her catheter is too slow. Walt & Randi played with water balloons with their dorm and soon water was going everyhere as Estrllitas and…
care
We received 3 new children this week. The last of the strawberry rolls were given to Doncillas and Angelito The team had ice cream with the Doncillas’ girls. Galatians 5:13 “For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to…
servant
Strawberry rolls for university girls. The team put a second coat of paint on Doncillas while the other team prepared bedrooms in Esperanza for painting. Gretchen treated us to lunch. A Texas group of dentists stopped by to see Casa. The leader was he dentist who realized we…
love
Cindy’s catheter quit working so please pray. Susan made strawberry rolls for Vencedores, Buen Pastor & university boys. My radio shows for mid-August and early September is my testimony. I decided to do it because so many have asked that I write a book but I am not…
envy
Debbie who runs the office in Lake Charles has a new email. hyatt.debbie@gmail.com I made radio shows and my mouth hurt so badly that I went to the dentist. My bite had broken the crown on my teeth so he removed it. I go back Friday. Jealousy…
faults
Today three university graduate students began a six month internship at Casa. That is always a blessing. The teams began painting our house and Doncillas. The dollar is up a little. I was wrong when I said we would be returning to Guatemala on October 7th. It is…
roots
Rotary International came with 20 people to see the mechanical cow. Jeny & Gaby did an excellent job of presenting the program. The local mayor came also. Another Tennessee team arrived as well as a Maryland group. One of our boys who was adopted to the states has…
gifts
Huge hearts! There was a baby born who is brain damaged & has other medical problems. The teenage girls in Doncillas took up an offering from their own sponsor money & blessed the family. Wonderful! A team from Colliersville, Tn. Arrived. There was a movie for the youngest…
gloomy
Dottie & I will be in the states from September 12th until October 7th should you want us at your church. September 30th Word of Life in Patterson, La. in the a.m. October 7th at Family Life in Lafayette, La. in the a.m. All other dates are open.…
thoughts
To give you an idea of how the government has reacted a year after the fire in the government home. Our population under 18 years of age is down to 177 children. That means that we are under 300 children total. So many of these children are returning…
A Crowd
We left at 4am for a 6am appointment with my dentist. He put temporary crowns on the 4 root canals. I feel much better. The school had a soccer tournament for all ages. They had a blast. The mind of the crowd! A mob is a disorderly…
sharing
We took our annual family Christmas photograph. We have done it for 29 years so the children know how to line up. It took less than 20 minutes from start to finish. The teams finished painting the psychology and clinic buildings. We saw Steve and Pam who worked…
Why
One of the boys raised here chose to return home when he turned 21 last year. Yesterday he was stoned to death. Some of the children here are taking it very rough. The Rotary Club International is coming Sunday to see the mechanical cow. The man who is…
formed
We have a group of 56 people here from Brook Hill Christian School in Tyler,Texas and a group of 8 Christian sorority sisters from North Carolina University in Wilmington. We took a picture of the baby dorm children for the Christmas card. There are only 27 children in…
book
Well, Dottie jumped right back in with her garden. It is her passion. I worked on lessons for the children. Sue called to tell us that she and Larry had sold their house in Wadesboro, NC. They are such a blessing to Casa and we are so pleased…
A true believer
There were 24 cars in the wreck here in San Cristobal with 7 dead and over 20 critically injured. I gained 8 pounds while in the states so Dottie has me on a diet. The Oklahoma/Tennessee team leaves Saturday and a team of 60 arrives Sunday. Annie in…
When we left Clarksville there was a fatal accident involving an 18 wheeler. When we arrived in Guatemala there was an accident involving an 18 wheeler with 7 fatalities. We arrived home at 10pm. We saw Josue, Estella’s husband, at the airport in Nashville. A fumigation company came…
Apostles
We received a new girl age 16. Made our last run of shopping and began packing. We had a going away meal with Thom and Shawna. Clay came by yhe motel and prayed for us. We have known him for many years. Since parents who have little income…