Ezdras Ezdras preached on forgiveness. He spoke of the second chance and used both Matthew 18:21-22 and Peter´s question of how many times should we forgive. Jesus said 7 times 70 or ALWAYS. He showed a short video on the prodigal son.   He told the children not to…

Quiques car. Queque is 27 years old and came to us as a child. He has one and a half years left for his engineering degree. They are developing machines in his class. Dottie loves going to the baby dorm to see the babies and toddlers. They love…

Estela came to Casa when she was a young child 36 years ago. Now she is our chairperson for the Board. If you would like to sponsor a child, contact us at htps://www.casaaleuya.org/ It is $40 per month. Just contact the address here and tell us what age…

She loves her piano. She began playing piano and organ in churches when she was in grade school. Her old brother, Luke, would preach and Dottie would lead worship. Ezras will preach for me Sunday. He is the dorm parent for the older boys along with Estefani who…

This is the newly painted wall by the new playground. Both surgeries on the two boys went well and they are back at Casa. Thank you for praying. With all the plants and flowers that have been planted we needed to add faucets in various areas. Esvin does…

Staff breakfast. I could not get them all in the foto. One of the children in the baby dorm had eye surgery for strabismus which is an eye misalignment condition where the two eyes do not look at the same object simultaneously. Cross eyed! I have always been…

Isn´t she pretty? One of our young teenage boys had a terrible time with his jaw. He was hospitalized and pus was drained from his jaw and neck. Please pray for him to recover quickly. I depend on your prayers and ask that you pray for my sleeping…

My Brother Jim This is a photograph of Jim, Dottie´s brother who threatened me when I first met him. He showed me a pistol and said, “You take my sister away from the Lord and I will find you.” Over the years we became closer than brothers. He…

It was 2 years ago Dottie had the surgery that left her crippled. Time flies. She has never blamed nor complained about what happened. Today is Mother´s Day so a few young adults who left Casa and are married will come to celebrate with Dottie. The Bible describes…

I am studying the Book of Revelation. Growing up I was not in a family that said “I love you” very often. But here I get told that at least many times a day. Words are powerful. I Corinthians 13:4-8 says, “love is patient, love is kind.” John…

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…