Mike Clark's Daily Blog
#188 Our story
Cristine arrived and immediately went shopping for the Oklahoma team arriving Friday. Everyone seems to be helping in conserving water since we are operating on one well. The holidays have kept the well digging company from coming out. We finished the home for the pastor. You will remember…
# 187 our story
You may remember Debbie’s sister, Cindy, had a son who shot himself accidently recently. His jaw is still wired. Now they have discovered that Cindy’s husband, Brian, has cancer. They asked for prayer. Today was visiting day for the parents who have permission to see their children. We…
# 186 our story
The year has flown by. We are purchasing school supplies, texts and uniforms as we as hiring some new teachers. This is an exhausting time as preparing and presenting Christmas gifts, special meals, all night New Year’s celebration & now moving children to different dorms and the beginning…
# 185 our story
The children ate tamales or turkey at midnight & then set off fireworks. So they had breakfast in their dorms A dozen or so teens ate in our home at midnight. Some of the kids went to bed at 4am. I wore ear plugs so slept through it all.…
# 184 our story
Communion last night was special as over a dozen children gave their lives to Jesus. The New Year, 1999, began with a wonderful blessing as Anita led her father to the Lord. Then Jim from Rotary International providing $43,000 to equip the new kitchen. The police…
# 183 our story
The weather is very cold. This morning I shared with the children on the theme of The Lord’s Supper and then in the evening we celebrated the Lord’s Supper. One of our social workers arranged for a group of her friends to come and provide tamales and drinks…
# 182 Our story
Os car had a technician out here at 5am because we have no water on the back property. The technician says the pump needs to be replaced. That is a major job as well as very costly. September 1998: The rain water comes down our property so…
#181 Our story
Our social workers & psychologists had a special program for the children. In the evening we had the yearly Christmas dinner with all of the children ages 13 and up. There were 48 children attending tonight who had their very first Christmas in the baby dorm & are…
# 180 our story
Today we had our staff Christmas party with games and food. There are over 100 staff members so it is a testimony to God’s love. Grizelda, age 13, a dialysis patient arrived & is so happy. She is on hemo-dialysis. May 30th, 1998 we were able to…
# 179 our story
Dina RN and supervisor of nurses at a cancer hospital, and Nancy(RN) and a nurse in a rehab facility visited yesterday. They were raised at Casa and have done remarkably well. We gave out the gifts to the younger dorms. Gladys worked all year & it was over…
# 178 our story
The social worker, psychologist, Aroldo and Sebastian took Yusbelly (dialysis) to visit her family in Jutiapa. The courts called about a 12 year old girl on dialysis they want to send here. We did receive 2 new children. Dottie had a Christmas craft time with the little girls.…
#177 our story
One of the high school girls was vomiting blood so Billy rushed her to the hospital. We are asking for your prayers. Wednesday we will give the gifts to the younger children. Thursday is the staff party. Friday we will have Christmas dinner for the older children. Sunday…
176 Our story
Jim, Kate& Bob took his discipleship team to Fraternadad Cristiano for a special time of worship and the Word. Today was very cold again. Gladys and I chose the dates as to when we will give out the gifts to the younger children as well as when we…
#175
Many years ago we received an 18 month old girl who was so drastically abused by her father that it was over 3b months before she would let any man hold her. No we have a 16 month old boy who will not let any female hold him.…
#174
Today the children 0-17 were treated to a Christmas program presented by a local bank. Dottie and I went to Antigua to pickup a few things in the market. March 17, 1997 we received a 1000 gallon diesel tank. April 1, 1997 was opening day for our clinic…
#173 our story
A large group of our children who were winners during the year of family dinner on Saturday night went to a biological exhibit. The news reported today that the temperature will reach -7 centigrade which is below 19 degrees Fahrenheit making it the coldest temperature we have experienced.…
#172 our story
The weather has been exceptionally cold. As the year comes to an end we again are grateful for the kindnesses and blessings of the Lord. We are very grateful for those who sponsor children or give love gifts to assist us in helping the children. We are blessed…
#171 our story
Gladys has worked so hard on the gifts for Christmas but she fell on my stairs & has a major bruise on her face. Walmart came today and had gifts, games and a program for the children ages 0-17. October 5, 1996 Jerry and Curtis came from…
#170 our story
This will be a great week for the children ages 0-17 as there are three activities for them. Kate will be taking the responsibility for the school inventory. As you can image this is a huge job. On January we will be moving 6 older college students to…
#169 Our story
All of the dorms have made Christmas decorations and they are so talented. The office staff took two days to go to the beach together. It was a very quiet day today which I suppose we all needed. March 1,1996 began with US Aid coming and…