Mike Clark's Daily Blog
Love #12
69 dead, 350 missing and 125 homes under tons of mud in Santa Caterina, Guatemala. We completed our trip home with a Missionary Banquet at Northside Assembly & I was honored to be able to give the keynote message. Missionaries from Peru, Africa & India were there. Dottie…
Love #11
We drove leisurely to Marksville where we will stay until the services Sunday morning at Effie (Macedonia) where my Dad was born & then finish the ministering part of our trip in Crowley at Northside Assembly. The older girls in Doncillas bagged up their own clothes & other…
Love #10
A mechanical cow is not a cow. It is a machine used to convert soy beans into milk, tortillas and bread. Bob has begun to renovate the college boy's dorm for this project. The rains are so heavy in Guatemala a mudslide took 10 lives this morning in…
Love #9
It seems like we finally have a day of rest. No driving & no preaching! Sunday morning we will be in Vick, La ministering at Macedonia Baptist church ,10 & 11am, and then our last service will be at Northside Assembly in Crowley, La Sunday evening. We are…
Love #8
Three requests: I encourage you to get the update sent to your mail on a daily basis. Tim can help with that. Second, we are going to refer to the medical facility for dialysis simply as the Genesis House as the word "hospital" can cause much confusion as…
Love #7
With all my heart I ask you to read this with prayer & agreement. Can you pray with me that retired nephrologists as well as technicians and nurses would consider coming to be a part of the ministry to our kidney diseased children? We will need dozens of…
Love #6
Aroldo emailed to say that Marjorie is in the hospital with pneumonia and that Jose' is not doing well emotionally. He has told me repeatedly he would rather die than stay on dialysis foever. He is nearing 18 so he has been blessed with a longer life expectancy than…
Love #5
The Spanish service at Mignon Baptist was so special & the reception by the congregation (English) was very touching to Dottie and me. Then we drove to Pine Rindge Baptist in Fort Payne and it was awesome. So today was a great day in the Lord. A…
Love #4
Onesey will have surgery on her foot next month and then on her double esophagus in February. We had dinner with LC & Judy & friends & are headed for churn right now. Did not have Internet last night. Mignon Baptist, Sylaguaga, at 9am & Fort Paine tonight…
Love #3
Brandi returned from her stay in the states and she was so blessed to discover that her dorm, college girls, did not have even one problem when she was gone. She is doing a great job with them. Pastor Yu, Korean church, and 20 members came to spend…
Love #2
The situation in Guatemala went from critical to complete calm. Teddie's team did not have to stay at Casa. Dottie & I left Norman at 2am & arrived in Hoover, Al at 1:15pm. Dottie took me to see the movie "War Room" & EVERY Christian needs to go…
Love #1
Adam & Vilma took their honor roll, level 5 girls to the water park. Teddie called to say violence between two gangs has broken out in Chimaltenango. He had a a team scheduled for there tomorrow so will send them to Casa instead if they choose to make…
Jim and Linda
We drove to Fayetteville to see Jim & Linda, She has broken her leg. Then we headed towards Norman, Oklahoma where we will minister at Trinity Baptist at 6pm Wednesday. Since returning to the states the Lord has healed me spirit, soul and body daily. This is the…
Board meeting
We drove to Little Rock where we had our board meeting at Wes & SueAnn’s home. Thom, Melvin, Lori & Debbie attended & we were blessed at all God has done. We spoke of the transition steps we are taking as well as a dozen other topics. As…
The bigger they are
Fayette First Baptist is building a new building & they have grown. We enjoyed the ministries at Fayette First Baptist as well as Collierville First Baptist & are headed to Little Rock for a Monday noon gathering of our Board. Both congregations seemed to appreciate what Christ has…
Who can I blame?
CJ and the plumbing team is at Casa & has begun the plumbing for the dialysis construction. The Lord is so good & it is being built so quickly. The Buen Pastor boys formed a line and moved 1500 concete blocks to the third floor. Dottie spoke to…
Jericho
This was the first day we were truly “down” with little to do but rest. Dottie got her hair cut & I shopped for Christmas for the teens. Saturday evening Dottie will share at a women’s function at Fayette Baptist & I will share Sunday morning there. In…
Where do you live?
Tim thinks the semi-truck & trailer is near being sold. Not as much $ as I hoped but more than I had before. My LSU Tigers have 40 players on NFL tens, more than any other school, so I wonder how good we would be if they were…
Hot dogs or pizza anyone?
The W. Virginia team is cooking hot dogs for everyone this week and the N. Carolina team is giving the kids pizza. I will have to recheck sizes before giving the Christmas clothes. The service tonight at Crosspoint was well received. Picked up 7 sponsors for new children.…
Open doors continued
Jim took his level 5 girls to see War Room which everyone tells me it is one of the top Christian movies ever filmed. Josue' & Don went down the river in a "party barge" & will hook up with Debbie Tuesday. My cousin, Newton, just discovered his…