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…

Adam invited me to give my testimony to the 33 pastors and I was privileged to do so. We are $1000 from finishing another church. This one is in Canton Los Tzoc, Chiche. One of the babies was taken to the hospital as a precaution. He was treated…

Sebastian will go Wednesday to the Department of Labor for them to look over our books. This is stressful so pray for Sebastian to have wisdom and peace. Adam is hosting a pastor’s conference this week along with Josh and folks from Huntsville. The pastors will sleep here…

Friday the younger kids attended a program in San Bartolome and then in the afternoon the older kids attended the program. We have hired a social worker who will begin Tuesday. It appears that the Lord has provided a Guatemalan couple to be interim dorm parents for Vencedores.…

Two children in dialysis had to go to the hospital. Estephany was hospitalized for severe stomach pains and is being treated with antibiotics while Yusvely fell in the school and fractured her arm so she is in a cast. These dialysis children are so fragile. Today was the…

There was a young man killed when a truck hit his motorcycle. It was at the entrance to our home. We never know how many years we have so we need to be prepared to meet Jesus at any moment. Evelyn, who helps on Los Cometas with Walt…

Aroldo, who did a wonderful job with Sindy, reminded me today she was our first girl to come to Casa for our dialysis program 7 years ago. He is concerned the mother will not take care of her and so are we. We would love to have a…

Sindy 1 in dialysis went home today. She told the judge that she wanted to die at home. Dottie is still in bed but doing much better. We have a handful of visitors here from Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The Guatemala National Education Board announced that they are getting…

We had the Lord’s Supper this evening. A number of teens received Jesus. Dottie had a rough night and needs your prayers. The laws have become so ridiculous that there are very few ways to discipline the children and the kids know it. An ex-president of Guatemala, Rios…

In our 55 years of marriage this is the first Easter Sunday service Dottie has missed as she is ill and cannot leave the bed. I missed seeing her face in the audience when I preached. Jennifer in the baby dorm had to be taken to the hospital.…