Mike Clark's Daily Blog
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…
#168 our story
Oscar’s graduation was beautiful. I am so proud of him. It appears that Dottie and I will not be making our annual February trip to the states. We have only received invitations from one church in Louisiana as well as one church in Wisconsin and one in New…
#167 Our story
Oscar was finally able to get the technician and the parts to fix the pump on the well for the back property. He was having to do it manually in order to fill the tanks. He graduates tomorrow with a second college degree. He is already a licensed…
#166 Our story
We received three children during the night. They are 14, 8 and 9 years old. Rick & his son, Nate, arrived for a short visit. At 4 o’clock this morning we received 5 more children ages 1, 3, 6, 8 and 10 years of age. So that is 8…
#165 our story
Christine left this morning for the holidays. Dottie and I watched the funeral of President George HW Bush. Michael Smith who has been to Casa and sang to our children also sang at the funeral. Josue’ has been working with the college students getting them enrolled for 2019.…
#164 our story
Juan who was on dialysis and scheduled to come to Casa has died in surgery this morning. Manuel broke his wrist. I worked on the end of the month reports and then took Dottie to lunch. We were both saddened by Walt & Gretchen leaving today as well…
#163 our story
The dorms are decorating for Christmas. They are so creative. Gladys has been working on getting the gifts ready for the children. We told Walt and Gretchen goodbye and it is still hard for me to realize that they are leaving. When you add Randi and Brandi into…
#162
We prayed over Walt & Gretchen as they leave this week. Many tears were shed. I even broke down twice while preaching. I had Walt pray for Mike & Amber as that torch is passed. Sometimes things are just too funny to describe. A tradition…
161 our story
I watch the Buen Pastor boys on Saturday morning for Alex and Sarah and this was the first time not one boy had bad behavior for a week. Mike & Amber are doing well. They only have positive things to say about their first 3 days here. Gretchen…
#160 our story
Dottie has been putting her albums together of all the quinceaneras over the last 20 years. It is almost a game to see if we recognize the girls in the photographs. We have not gotten much response about us ministering in your church in February. Pray that God…
#159 our story
Mike & Amber are now here and have taken the Los Cometa boys dorm. They spent the night in the dorm with the boys so they hit the ground running. There is still a problem with the water on the back property. A technician is scheduled to come…
#158 our story
28th: Josue’ returned from the states following his sharing about Casa in different churches. Oscar, Alex & Billy were able to get the water running again on the back property so I had no reason to be concerned. The girls watched TV late last night so we had…
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Where have the years gone? I am sitting in the hotel while the girls are shopping or swimming. Three-fourth of a century has passed since I took my first breath. My childhood and early teenage years were lived in the late 1940s through 1961 when I graduated…