Gretchen was one of the best missionaries to come to Casa. She loved the kids and always smiled. Two days ago her father was swimming and drowned. He was 80 years old. Her heart is broken. Mending a broken heart means casting all your anxiety on Christ because…

Valentine's day is today and usually is a really big deal but the children are restricted to their dorms. We have not had any Covid cases in 6 days so we should be able to get all the kids out of quarantined and back to school by midweek.

Alan and Brenda returned from the states so will help with our staffing. We did not have church services again today due to the ten days of quarantine. I pray that each dormitory had their own prayer time. We are still blessed as none of the last group…

Someone has offered to help us buy mattresses as we have not purchased any new ones in over 20 years in some dorms. If you want to help any amount would help us. Of course there are different sizes so if you want to help any offering is…

Everyone is doing their best to care for and protect the children. We have closed the school with the exception of the college students. All meals are scheduled by dorms. Each dorm has a play area. None of the children testing positive have dangerous symptoms. Since we are…

We have one more Covid case but none of the 8 cases are severe. They are all girls and no boys. The health department has asked we quarantine everyone for 10 days. Dottie and I could not celebrate our anniversary seeing as she had a doctor's appointment. She…

It is so hard to believe but today Dottie and I celebrate our 59th wedding anniversary. How God reached down in Louisiana 1963 and took an unsaved Cajun and joined him with an Arkansas Christian in order to send them to Guatemala is beyond anything we could have…

We have more cases of Covid so we are shutting down school for another week. Job's friend says in Job 8:10 that "Those who forget God have no hope". When storms come in our lives in the form of illness, divorce, financial difficulties, drugs, broken homes or any…

My favorite story in the Bible is where the father brings his epileptic son to the Apostles and they cannot heal him. He goes to Jesus with his request and Jesus tells him that if he can believe then all is possible. The father answers, "I believe but…

II Chronicles 20:12 says "We know not what to do: but our eyes are upon thee". This is where we are. I pray that all of the staff, the children and our supporters will do exactly that for us. Lift your eyes whenever you think of us and…

As we continue to pray and plan on keeping the children safe we have only one place to turn and that is to the Lord Jesus. Dottie and I listened to stories of missionaries such as Jim & Elizabeth Elliot and Ed Saint as well as sermons by…

We received a new boy yesterday. Each dorm has a specific area where they can play or visit. So for 15 days we will monitor the children and pray for God's protection. They will eat at different times. A third child has Covid. Stand with us please. Amy…

We have two Covid cases so we will be locking everything down for at least 2 weeks and pray that no more children get ill. Our physician on staff here had surgery today and we are awaiting the results. I worked on the sponsor list with Mynor. If…

Due to the weather Amy was unable to fly home to Oklahoma. Hopefully she can get a flight for Friday. We received a young boy at midnight with no shoes or warm clothing and the weather is frigid. Tatiana is doing her practice to become a hemodialysis technician…

It was 33 years ago today that I stood on a hill in Mexico and looked down at the river border to enter Guatemala. I was scared senseless--had no faith as we drove into Guatemala to begin this journey that we are still traveling. God has blessed us…

The students had their first major tests of the year. The weather is still cold. Our doctor on campus will be off for a month for surgery. We are not certain on the dates. "Train up a child in the way he should go" but be sure you…

Andres and Estella moved in and now re the house parents for Vencedors. She was raised at Casa. I really think that the coldest day ever was today. Of course there is no heat in the dining hall/church so the kids wanted me to preach fast.

The first month of 2022 is at an end. Today it is raining so Dottie is pleased to have water from heaven on her plants and flowers. Prices for everything has risen. A 5 quetzal, 75 cents bus ride is now 20 quetzals. So this hits the pocket…

God is so good. I spent a great portion of the day listening to sound Bible teaching. Dottie joined me for some of it. I also read a book on love by Henry Drummond published in 1884. Born in 1851and died in 1897 he was only 46 years…

Josue', Billy and Alex are working on getting the college students enrolled. Some of the universities require the students to attend in person while others are still on-line classes. Amy is still here for a few more days. She has been such a blessing helping with the little…