

Mike Clark's Daily Blog
More S’mores
In spite of the rains the teams continue to bless the children. Katie's group had ice cream and an excellent devotional with boys in the morning and devotionals with the girls in the evening. Brandi's group had a pinata and s'mores with the boys. Kyle had fried chicken…
Torrential rain
In spite of a torrential rain in three phases Katie's team had games and pizza for the middle girls and Brandi's team had a pinata and nachos for the older girls. Americans spend more money on dog food than on missions. Tony & Lily took us to lunch…
Night leads to the day
I woke up with a sore throat from giving my two hour testimony for the 5th time is six days. I also preached twice Sunday so I am moving slow this morning. I am not ill only exhausted. The teams are helping Oscar. I was thinking this…
Visitors
I shared with the children and visitors, "What is genuine love?" My grandson, Alex, is engaged to Leigh. They will marry in December. I am so happy for them. I know if I give God my weakness He will give me His strength. God will not prevent every…
New Semester
Part of Woods Edge went to Antigua wile the others painted the office. They spent time with the toddlers and had a soccer tournament with Vencedores. Cook Baptist continued to install windows and finish the deck. Some also helped Dottie in the garden. The college students began their…
Yusvely
Alex used my truck to take Yusvely, a dialysis patient, to visit her parents since they have not come to see her for a very long time. They celebrated her 15th birthday, She has lived longer than the physicians thought. The Cook Baptist group had a special lunch…
Dizziness
Wood Edge painted classrooms while Cook Baptist went to Antigua. Dottie and I went sopping for medicine as I have been somewhat ill for 4 days. I am just as weak and extremely dizzy. I cannot get my blood pressure at a decent level. Actually this morning it…
Two teams
A team from Wood Edge in Texas arrived so we have over 65 visitors. We have not had that many visitors since 2019. The Rustin team had pizza for all the boys Tuesday night. I gave my testimony to the two teams last night.
Windows and balconies
new balcony A team from Rustin, La arrived and two of my grandsons, Jefferson and Alex, were with them. Alex is a senior at Louisiana Tech and engaged to be marries. Great blessing! This is the largest team since Covid. There are 35 on the team. They will…
7.84
A team from Rustin, La arrived and two of my grandsons, Jefferson and Alex, were with them. Great blessing! This is the largest team since Covid. There are 35 on the team. God is not in the habit of condemning His children -failure or not! God is with…
Dedication of my granddaughter
I ministered on grace which is my favorite subject. We dedicated Tony and Lily's baby girl. I gave my 2 hour testimony to three groups, Tennessee, Alabama and another Tennessee team over a period of 15 hours. I love sharing what Jesus has done for me. There have…
Her Masters
Dottie had another eye appointment so I had someone drive her as I am not feeling well. Shirley has graduated and will begin working towards her Masters Degree. Doctor Murphy and some of his family arrived. I gave my testimony to the team from Tennessee. The team had…
Mattreses
Billy, Estella and Mike F. met with the staff last night and with the teachers on Thursday morning. We were given a pickup truck a few years ago but still have not gotten the paper work. So we have a lawyer who is working with what we have.…
Shirley
When the electricity went off I climbed the water tower for the first time in years to see if we had water in the tanks. Dottie was not happy but God evidently takes care of fools. However we did lose water Tuesday afternoon. Abraham got it fixed. Some…
80th Birthday
Trees fell on the electrical lines in San Lucas and all of the surrounding villages were without electricity for over 12 hours. I worried and prayed about the water because we run it on a generator when the electricity is off. Oscar did a great job and we…
His Love
The Lord has blessed me so much all of my years as a Christian. It is incredible how good our Lord Jesus is to His children. We have a team from Tennessee here so I gave my testimony to them. We need full time dorm parents for a…
More prayer
Today I preached on "God wants us to pray". We are to pray with faith, relentlessly, in the Name of Jesus, in community, with reliance, continually, boldly and in accordance to His will. The rains are almost daily. Today was very quiet as Sundays usually are. It is…
The older girls
The teenage girls went to Adam's home where they were blessed. We have two couples here for a short period of time. God's original design was for families to be fruitful and multiply. (Genesis 1:28) This is why Satan fights so hard to abort children. Children are a…
Prescriptions
Hector and Beatriz left yesterday after living in the baby dorm the last few months. We will miss them. If you want to come and stay a month or more and assist in a dorm we would truly appreciate it. Adela took Michelle to the neurologist at 4m…
HUSH
Dottie and I went shopping. We do not do that very often alone. What can we do for those who are hurting? First we need to bite our tongue. Remember Job's friends? They needed to shut their mouths but didn't. We need to open our eyes and ears.…