The teams had crafts with all dorms and coloring books with the baby dorm. They fed steaks to Esperanza girls. They are painting the hospital. Virginia and I shopped for Dottie. The other team had smores with all the boys and painted in the school. Virginia and I…

My flight was delayed until 10:40pm so I made it to Baton Rouge after midnight. I met my sister Virginia and we drove Wednesday to see Charlotte and Wayne. I have not seen my sisters in a number of years so this was a real blessing. I will…

I am in Baton Rouge where I am staying with my sister Virginia and we will drive on Wednesday to Opelousas to see my sister Charlotte and her husband Wayne. I have not traveled but twice without Dottie. After 60 years of marriage we are sorta joined at…

Yesterday I continued to preach book by book through the Bible finding one verse that shows how God loves us. I am leaving Tuesday to visit my sisters whom I have not seen in years due to the pandemic. I gave my testimony to the teams. The teams…

The team from Jackson, Tn. and one from Tyler, Texas arrived yesterday so it seems like old times before the pandemic. Having teams come is just wonderful for not only the children but for me also. Yesterday the one Texas team had pizza and ice cream for the…

Jessica came with her family as did Brian and his family. She is a board member. There are a number of high school boys with them and they hit the ground running to play with our boys. So much fun! Debbie's team went to Antigua shopping. Estella will…

Cambria This is the last day of tests for the children for the semester so they are relieved. Last week when Dottie bought groceries Oscar could tell a man was following them so I took Dottie shopping today. Another of our children adopted years ago graduated from college…

Adela and Michelle left at 4am for Michelle to have her follow up examination to see if the eye surgery was successful. Sadly Michelle would have 2 seizures while in line so the hospital did an electroencephalogram of her brain activity. Guatemalan pastor and team ministering to our…

I had someone take me to Immigration as driving in the city is not my cup of tea. From the time I left he house it took 4 hours to get the paper work so I can travel to see my sister. Debbie and her family came in…

Years ago in my church I received a letter saying "We are leaving the church because you only love rich people". That same day I was called and the person said, "We are leaving the church because you only love poor people". I called Pastor Holton and asked…

My granddaughter, Isa, was chosen to receive the character award called the Trait of Compassion and gave a speech to her classmates in Jackson, Tn. Adam and Vilma came to get Michelle, special needs daughter, to bring her for two days on the mountain. I have not been…

I have a dear family member who is diagnosed with cancer in the blood. Pray she will not suffer and that her heart is right with God. Pastor Harold came with a group just to share the Word, preach with puppets, play and love on our children. The…

I woke up at 3am feeling poorly and barely made it out of bed. Just tired! One of our younger teens had cataracts removed from both eyes. It was successful but very painful. A precious couple who have helped us since we came to Guatemala celebrated their 73…

Billy hired a music teacher to teach drums, bass, piano, guitar, etc. Today was his first day. I was thinking of my mother as she was about the same age as I have now when she passed away, It reminds me of how quickly the years pass. For…

We are blessed that a young man, Ethan, came and will stay 3 months and help in Vencedores. So Estella and Andres are so blessed to have help. Billy received a call from the inspectors and they told him they were impressed with what they saw and especially…

The physical inspection of all of our facilities by the governing body of homes for children was today. I have no idea as to their conclusions these two days. We presented the seniors with their formal dress suits as they have to work in a business for one…

Many folks have said I should write a book but I am not a writer. I do have a title and it is "We walked on tears". But joy was most apparent than sadness. David Beam brought a team just to see the kids. Our boys have…

A family came by to see Aroldo and meet me. Their 16 year old had just died from kidney disease and Dr. Lou was her physician. He told them that Casa has sponsored his dialysis clinic for over 20 years. So to you who give to our dialysis…

Claudia, raised here at Casa came with her husband, Angel, and 30 plus members of their churches youth outreach. They truly blessed the children. They played games that even the older young adults enjoyed. They led worship and followed with a sermon that truly was effective. So many…

Today the school celebrated the Family. They had music, skits and also they brought in a minister to teach on the family. It was Bible based and the children sat with great respect so they were truly listening. Although our school is 40% of what it was before…