Jaquelin doing therapy with Dottie. Dottie actually has therapy 6 times a week. Mathison says “When you have faith in God, you don´t have to worry about the future. You know it is all in his hands. You just go and do your best.” The quote above is…

Even when feeling bad Dottie has such a sweet attitude in therapy. Here she is with Michelle, Adela and Julietta. There seems to be more joy on campus. It seems there is an attitude of family that is growing. What is a family. A family is like branches…

Flowers for Dottie. Three stacks like this. One from every child at Casa. She finally ended up with this plus 8 bouquets. Sad for me, glad for her. Many of you old timers will remember Gabby. She was the terribly crippled (muscular dystrophy) young lady who would walk…

Marlin visited Dottie on her birthday. My granddaughter Emma in case you could not get the update yesterday. I cannot tell you how much joy is in my heart. Adela has decided that she will not leave. She is such a wonderful Christian and an unbelievable worker. Eleven…

My granddautghter working on a school project. I actually did not preach yesterday. Alvaro did! I had a bad fall at 4am Sunday and cut my arm deeply and hit my head causing dizziness and loss of equilibrium. I truly need your prayers. I lose my balance very…

Dottie was overwhelmed with a flower from each child, 0ne potted plants, 8 bouquets and much love and hugs. It brought her to tears. Faith is a living, daring confidence in God´s grace. Today I am sharing #9 of the Laws of the Spirit as found in Romans…

Estefani and Vanessa were raised at Casa and today Estefani is the house parent for the Buen Pastor boys and Vanessa is the house mother for Esperanza girls. All of our dorms have at least one parent who was raised at Casa. Giving back is what Christians should…

The team along with our maintenance personnel are installing new metal sheeting over the sidewalks. April has just flown by. I suppose it is partly due to my age. Days seem to be shorter, and months seem to fly by. I heard from Carolyn the nurse and she…

Covered with flowers and love. We are old but still spunky! As I have already said the children brought Dottie hundreds of long stem flowers and sweet birthday cards. They did it on her birthday and I forgot to post it until yesterday. But it is worth noting…

Adela and Colton. Coltin preached from Matthew 18:15, 4:18-22 and Luke 9:23. These verses indicate to Christians the need to follow Christ. His 4 points to the children was every day we need to 1) Thank God. 2) Read the Bible. 3)the older teens need to find a…

Our special needs daughter, Michelle, knitted this cap for Dottie. Our son, Tony, and his family came for lunch to celebrate Dottie’s birthday yesterday. His wife Lily and children Robert and Aura are so special to us. The staff breakfast was wonderful. Great and loving fellowship! But I…

Birthday Girl with some of the young adults we have raised from childhood. Today is Dotties birthday so she is 83 today making me 3 months younger than her. Julietta, Adela and Michelle work with her 2 hours on Mondays and Wednesdays. Jackie gives therapy on Tuesdays and…

Me preaching in Chimaltenango in Deidra and Teddie´s school. Dottie´s birthday is Monday but several children wanted to take her to lunch today. She wanted to go to a hamburger joint. She is so loved by so many children. People write to tell me they are praying for…

This statue of the LION OF JUDAH stands in the Ethiopian capitol of Addis Ababa. The property and all the areas of Casa are just beautiful. Trees are being trimmed and flowers and plants are everywhere. The flowers and plants were always We have had a few days…

Dottie´s great grandfather had a grocery store and gasoline station. This was drawn over 90 years ago. Dottie´s grandfather owned this grocery store and gas station near Marksville, Louisiana. She says that going to the home of her grandparents was scary. Her grandfather was always serious. When Dottie…

Every morning from ages 10 to 15 I got out of bed at 2:30am and rode my bike to the railroad station. Five different news papers from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Alexandria, Opelousas and Ville Platt were thrown from the train. I delivered until 7am then returned home,…

The wedding. I was able to hang the 3 paintings of LSU sent to me by Tony Bernard. I also hung 3 others of the dialysis children and my wedding in 1963. There were only 7 of us in attendance. Dottie and I were the couple. Her Dad…

As I continue writing biographies, I have been so blessed. Remembering stories of children who were raised here is such a blessing. So many of them are 35 years old or more. Some are even older than 45 years. It calms my heart when I remember what God…

Dottie and I with board members Jessica and Kristi. As we approach Dottie´s 83rd birthday next Monday I can only thank God for her long life and the thousands of lives she has touched. She was unable to go to the church services Sunday but watches preachers on…

Dedra, me, Julia who translated for me and Brother Teddie. It is easier when I preach to have an interpretor as my mind is not as quick as it use to be. I am writing biographies of some of the children. I have written over 30 so far.…