Mike Clark's Daily Blog
The temptation to not believe it until you see it
Thursday is Dottie’s 74th birthday. I took her to lunch & she only wanted a day out. When it rains! The water pump went out and the technicians say there is a 40% chance the water level is low. So we need more prayer! Your list of prayer…
Do it myself
The reason the dollar is falling according to our banker is Trump’s deportation threats & Guatemalans in the USA are bailing out. Makes sense! I bought Dottie a sofa and a love seat for her birthday. She still needs love at 74. We are open on Wednesday Sept…
Take the easy way
There is a temptation to do things ourselves and there is a temptation to take the easy way. Luke 4:5-7 says, “If you will worship me I will give you all these things”. He was offering Jesus a kingdom without a cross. This is always the easiest way…
Second chances
I have a major problem that is breaking my heart. Aroldo, the most faithful young man I know, is burned out. He needs help in the dialysis or I am afraid we will lose him. It would be like the death of a child. Please pray for a…
Comfort me
It was good to get back to teaching the children. That is what I miss the most when we are in the states. Duke & James arrived from Alabama right hen we can use them the most. They will be here 3 weeks. God is so good. We…
The dead and the Ignorant
I went to bed at 5am as I was dealing with issues. I have not had to do this in years I believe but when you have 400 children there are issues that arise. Nothing critical but heart aches. So many children feel abandoned and unloved. I made…
Visit the Prisoners
Amalia, our cook, has been with us for over 20 years. Today she was very ill due to high blood pressure & diabetes. We are awaiting the results of her examinations. We had a couple of folks offer to sponsor a child in university or in dialysis. To…
Visit the Sick
Sebastian had a meeting with CNA about the home where the fire occurred and 42 girls died. Josue' worked on the educational enrollments for the university students and the monthly costs for tuition and expenses. Oscar worked on hospital, Cometas & the apartment in the blue building costs.…
Provide for the Homeless
Antoni, son of Bubba and Sandra, will have surgery Thursday so please be in prayer for him. Dottie took a hearing test and does have a moderate hearing loss. I thought she was just ignoring me. They will decide May 22nd as to when she will have the…
Clothing the Naked
The Christmas phot was finished in less than 30 minutes. Getting 500 people still for that time is a chore. Our land paperwork was filed with the judge today so in 5 weeks we should have all of our land in Santiago registered as two pieces of property…
Mother Teresa
We will take the Christmas foto Tuesday morning. Our soybean milk for the children has been expanded and we are providing milk for 300 children in the school in San Bartolome’. We need a person who can live in the dialysis dorm to help Aroldo. We also need…
Hungry and Thirsty
Dottie fixed ham with the trimmings for lunch then we handed out the money to the children from their sponsors. I asked the discipleship team to present the Lord’s Supper in the evening. A number of teens got saved. I do not think I mentioned it but Adam…
Happy or Joyful?
We finished another home for a pastor and need only the roofs for two churches in Tecpan & Esquintla which cost $2000 each should anyone want to help. We are completing about 6 churches or pastor's home per year. The new boy in dialysis is Alex and he…
Principles of success #13
The dollar dropped again down to 7.24 quetzales. Yusbella is still in the hospital. We are ordering the roof for Los Cometas as well as the floor tile on Monday. Materials for the dialysis will also be ordered then. So we continue to slowly make headway. We have…
Principles of success #12
Traveling went well arriving in Guatemala at noon & at Casa by 1pm. Although I finished the journal on time I need to do the March financials. When we began taking the quinceaneras to the hotel they charged $50 a night for 3 girls & now they are…
Principles of success #11
I will send this early because we will leave the house for the airport at 3:45am. I have not received any negative responses to our increase October 1st for visitors to Casa and for sponsorship so I am assuming that you understand that transportation, food and utility costs…
Principles of success #10
We packed & then bought items we needed weighing as we went. Saw Chad, Becky & our grandchildren. In September 2017 we will be at Wesley UMC in Sulphur, La the morning of the 10th. Nothing scheduled for that evening nor anything at all for Sunday the 17th.…
Principles of success #9
Larry & Sue got us to the airport in Charlotte early where we ate breakfast and then we had a late lunch in Lake Charles. Very tired! Mark & Gina put us up in the camp again of which we are blessed. The seventeenth principle of success is…
Principles of success #8
The folks in Lilesville were very receptive. Adam ministered in my place at Casa. This is our last day in NC so the 11 days have really flown by too quickly. Larry & Sue have been so kind. We fly to Lake Charles Monday morning. My board wants…
Principles of success #7
We went to Rockingham to buy electrical parts for the dialysis building. I have racked my brain as to where I can cut costs and cannot see where it can be done. Sebastian, Alex, Josue' and I will sit & see what we can do when I return.…