We had our regular Sunday morning service in the evening because a Rotary Club came to bring gifts to the children & spend time with them. Dottie took the flowers from the wedding yesterday and with head down made arrangements for the dorms. She is so bored but…

What a day! Tony & Gladys left at 6am with the flowers for the wedding & the two of them did all the decorations. Then Dottie & Gladys had to make more bouquets. Ezdras & Candida took their baby to the hospital in Antigua.She is fine. At 9…

Gretchen is painting the new dorm while Bob is building the cabinets. Dottie did not have a good night because of neck pain she has while keeping her face towards her feet. Gladys & Oscar took Marlin to get the flowers for the wedding tomorrow. The dollar fell…

The children have really gotten into the desire to help a poor family a couple of miles from us. It is a father, no wife, with 6 children. So the children brought clothes & food to them. Gladys has nearly finished all of the Christmas gifts for the…

Early this morning Sebastian’s mother passéd away. They were very close & she was so special & proud of him. Dottie had her surgery early & is back home. We have to be at the hospital tomorrow at 8am. But she is doing well. She still has two…

With Dottie having surgery tomorrow we had to go purchase the food for dialysis, cash checks for medicine for dialysis, pay for the surgery & go look for some special “stands” that Dottie wants Gladys & I to use for the wedding. Josue’ is back so that helps.…

The shots in the eyes, medication & treatment did not work on Dottie. She will have surgery Wednesday that entails draining the eye & removing a membrane . A Rotary Club will come Sunday with gifts The non-abusive parents will visit all day Saturday because again we will…

I did not feel very well today but was able to preach. In the afternoon we had a 2 hours wedding rehearsal for Ezras and Marin Estephany. The wedding will be next Saturday. Josue' & Alex shared with the kids the other day of a family with 5…

Today we had the civil wedding for Marlin Estephany & Ezdras. She was raised here & he is a minister at a local church a few miles from here. So I am a proud Papa.Our house was filled with visitors. The dollar dropped again to 7.41 . Kids…

8th:(not published yesterday)  Dottie took Marlin Estefany to get her dress as well as the clothes for bridesmaids & groomsmen. The civil wedding will be here at Casa on Saturday with the church wedding one week later. With needing dorm parents we also are in need of drivers.…

Josue waited 7 hours in the Guatemala airport so he arrived late to Atlanta; arrived in Jacksonville at 1am. They arose early to drive to Macon, Ga. So he is petty tired. A group of medical personnel from Bridge of Life in Denver stopped to access our needs…

Dottie & Gladys met with Marlin to go over the plans for the wedding. She will have 13 bridesmaids. Dottie is becoming a professional wedding planner. Amilcar came to see me. He said that he has learned so much about Jesus & what he was taught here for…

Bob, Lee, Candy and Josue all are all in the states for a week to 10 days. Right now our greatest need is a couple who can be house parents for the older boys. Alex & Sara are wonderful in that dorm but he is assistant director of…

Pablo came by to introduce me to his 5 year old daughter whom I had not met. He is doing well. Wendy came to church today also as well as a dozen other young adults who left a while back. It makes Dottie & I feel good because it…

I wish I could show you pictures & express to you what God has done with the teenagers this week. There have been many salvations & renewing of lives. It has been awesome. Josue leaves Tuesday for one-week training in Waycross, Ga in telemedicine. He really loves the…

One of our teen girls broke her finger & had surgery & screws inserted. The boys walked up to Adam’s place for prayer & then breakfast. The teens are being so blessed by this week of spiritual instruction, testimonies, praise and prayer. Dottie & I did more Christmas…

Adam invited an awesome man to come give his testimony tonight to the children & he was accompanied by one of his employees who was a child here & had a Bible that I had written in twenty years ago. Byron. God is so good to let me…

We were to have lunch with Brad who is the son of our board chairman but we miscommunicated. That was a real disappointment as he leaves Friday I believe.  He is visiting Guatemala. Someone asked me how many children came to Casa since January, 2016 & that number…

Josue' and I went and bought the candy for Christmas. The teenagers are so excited about the week long "camp" even though they cannot leave off campus because of rules made by the judges 2 years ago. Gladys has been accepted by Fraternidad Cristiano to attend seminary. I…

The discipleship team of Ezdras, Gladys, Adam and Jim began a one- week Christian camp experience for the teenagers. Five or six pastors will come and minister in the evenings. In the mornings our team will have events for the teens and in the afternoon they will have…