Mike Clark's Daily Blog
gentleness
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…
praise and worship #5
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…
praise and worship #4
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…
worship and praise #3
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…
worship and praise #2
The couple who will be the interim house parents came this afternoon to see the dorm & talk with Jim, Kate, Josue as well as Dottie and me. The wife, Marlin Estephany, was raised here. Her husband is Ezdras and they have a 6 week old baby. He…
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.…
not my son
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…
little one
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…
two
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…
students
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…
self praise
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…
mistakes
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.…
grass
The Easter week is the quietest days of the year. Tens of thousands of Guatemalans go to the beaches. Dottie made a flowerbed over at the Casa de Antoni (dialysis) and I made radio shows. Walt & Randi set up a swimming pool for their boys as did…
$25
We allowed those young people 18 and older to go home for a few days. A group of Canadians came by the last two days to play with the baby dorm children. Victor who had a car wreck was robbed going to work on a bus. There…
The First
Today was a day where the children played and we had very little else going on. THE FIRST TO APOLOGIZE IS THE BRAVEST. It takes strength of heart and character to apologize. Weak Christians never apologize. They never humble themselves before others. They truly believe that Love…
Too close to the edge
My brother-in-law, Bill, passed away this morning in Monroe, La. We hosted a family day for non-abusive parents. Our office and school personnel worked so hard to make it a success. There were games for every age with their parents and also food. The games required the parent…
cake
Sebastian interviewed 4 prospective social workers and will interview more after the Easter holidays. Gretchen fixed a great breakfast for us. She leaves for the USA tomorrow. A little girl watched her mother bake a cake. She took the layers out of the oven and began to…
yacht
Erik returned from the hospital and is doing better.Kaiser returned from the hospital also. Josue’ left today to spend a week in Texas and a second week in Tennessee. USAC(University) will begin an aerobics program with the girls beginning in May. A somewhat funny story is…
no gas
It appears we will have a few weeks with few visitors. The children love the visitors. If you want to know if your sponsor child is a quinceanera just email me. Graduation is Nov. 23. A mechanic in Mangum, Ok, answered a distress call from a woman…
attitude
Quique was robbed of his telephone while on a bus taking him to college. This is the third student robbed in three weeks. The large Fellowship team (Arkansas) leaves tonight about midnight. We have some very real needs. Vencedores,10 to 12 year old boys, needs interim house parents…