Casa Aleluya Blog

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The airport closed for a time Saturday but Estella and her family changed their flight until 3am Sunday. The government announced a nation wide, shut-down-everything strike for Monday. That affects us because Monday mornings are when we receive our food for the week. Gas stations are out of…

Blockades continue

48 blockades are still all over the country. Our college students were able to have on-line classes. Hamas attacked Israel killing many and taking many hostages. Palestine is asking all enemies of Israel to join the fight in order to destroy Israel. Dottie began making the bows for…

New Dialysis Child

We were blessed with a 13 year old girl, Maria, for dialysis. Things have been so difficult for us since 2081 when the pandemic started. Last night I cried myself to sleep. The world has changed so much that sometimes it is hard to recognize the ministry and…

New boy

During the night the police brought us a little boy. He will live in Cometas. That makes our population 205. Dottie and I took a breakfast date. I have been so stressed that we just needed time alone. Deuteronomy 31:8 "It is the Lord who goes before you.…

Sadness

Brother Teddie who has been such a blessing to Casa built a wonderful ministry in Chimaltenango. It is operated by his daughter, Deidra, and son-in-law Soy. Saturday they were attacked by three men while sitting on their porch. Soy was shot to death. They leave 3 children. Please…

Road Block

I want to thank you are giving to the dialysis ministry. No amount is too little and I am believing that the $750,000 is coming. We were in a road block for 4 hours as people are protesting the government. I also am believing that new dorm parents…

Building race cars

The Huntsville team made Sunday a day of the Word, laughter, fun and exciting. The children were blown away. They even had a bouncy house. Estella and Mike F. began meeting with staff members and will do so all week. Olga and others had the quinceaneras try on…

Carlos

I preached on "Where does wisdom come from?" and then the Huntsville team had Bible time and games with the younger children. In the afternoon they had activities and special events for every dorm. At 6pm I shared my testimony. Carlos, who was raised here, came to tell…

Sue goes home

Kevin Duke arrived with a team from Huntsville, Alabama and Saturday they had an out reach in a village. As we begin this month of October I want to remind you that we need two couples to become dorm parents for at least 2 years and we need…

Our dentist

We have a container from the states and the police are demanding a ransom. It was boxes of building supplies for Tim Doud's team to redo bathrooms in a few weeks. It also had boxes of Christmas gifts also. Tim will need that building supplies in a few…

Generator

Sue's heart procedure was successful so praise God. Cindy's nephew is in very serious condition as the medical staff tries to save his leg. Eddie, raised at Casa, is married with one child and his niece lost her leg to cancer. Now Eddy has symptoms and is being…

Cindy’s nephew

Cindy Biddy's nephew's crushed leg is now infected so they need much prayer. I had one my most difficult days in years. One of the most used major roads in the city collapsed under the heavy weight of rain so much of the area around zone 13 is…

Mrs Sue

Sue had a relapse and is back in A-fib with a low blood pressure. They will stop her heart Wednesday morning and restart it so be praying. I decided that I will tell the story of our lives so we went to Guatemala City to buy a tape…

Torrential

We were going to have church last night but hail and a tremendous rain fall made it impossible to hear under that metal roof. Politically there is heavy talk of a coup to overthrow the newly elected president. We need house parents for Esperanza upstairs. These are the…

Pray for Sue

Our friend, Sue, is going back into surgery for a cardio version procedure. This is a procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate needs to be converted to a normal heart rate. Please pray for her. This morning was parent's day. Dr, Herman came with a team…

God is up to something.

Have you prayed to give two years to being a house parent? God will bless you richly. Dottie has so many teens who want to help them in her gardens. They love to be with her. "When you are down to nothing, God is up to something". Robots…

Dottie’s eye

Michelle had a good report on her eye exam yesterday. Today Dottie had to have 4tests on her retinas including panoramic tests. She has been very well but her doctor feels something else is affecting her retinas. The men are preparing the large slab for the new generator.…

Kenny

Kenny was my right hand in building Alleluya Acres our church and school in Lake Charles. We have been talking weekly since his cancer diagnosis over a year ago. We also refurbished a second church and school in Moss Bluff as well as a home for orphans. My…

Her team

My great friend, Sue, had successful heart surgery and is recovering well. Thank you for your prayers. Now that the school kids are in their last semester of classes we will be heavily planning graduation, quienceaneras, thanksgiving and Christmas. The years have passed so very quickly. I stayed…

Cindy’s nephew

Cindy from NC and who is on staff at Casa has a nephew who was in a terrible 4 wheeler accident and is in danger of losing his leg has asked that you would pray for him to receive a miracle. We had an inspection by the government…