Casa Aleluya Blog

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Little Mateo

Carlos was one of our first children in 1990. He and Leslie have a child, Mateo, who is having seizures. He has asked for our prayers. Would you please pray for miracle? Our son, Minor, is taking driving lessons and that will help us to have another driver…

Day of the child

Yesterday was "The Day of the Child" so there were activities all day. The children made homemade costumes, had competitions, preaching and food. The government schools do not have enough teachers so they are poaching from private schools. Six of our teachers will leave in December and one…

Alterations

Two giant sink holes opened up in Villa Nueva. One car went into the hole and they never found the car with a woman and her daughter. Christine and Dottie continued to make the alterations on the gowns for the 24 quinceaneras. (15 year old girls) Columbia: Minor,…

Alan’s birthday

Yesterday was Alan's birthday so the baby dorm had cake, homemade ice cream and pizza. The baby dorm children are so blessed to have a man (father) to emulate. Alan and Brenda are such a blessing to those toddlers, etc. Minor will start taking driving lessons which will…

James 4:2

James 4:2 says "You have not because you as not". So here I am again asking you to pray that God will send someone who can schedule teams. If you are interested contact Christine at christine.brenneman@casaaleluya.org or call her direct at 011-5024528-7392. The three dialysis children are still…

More Gowns

Dottie and I went to Guatemala City shopping for the first time in months. We were able to find the plastic needed for the floral arrangements. Gladys, Olga and Dottie fitted the last 12 girls with their gowns. Christine began alterations

Gladys

Gladys is so loving and giving. The last 4 years she has prepared the Christmas gifts from buying to wrapping them. She, Olga and Dottie selected the gowns for the 15 year olds who turned 15 over the last 3 years. Of the 24 girls 16 have been…

1983

I spent a major part of today studying I Corinthians 13:13. "Now abideth faith, hope and love but the greatest of these is love. My natural mind says faith is greater but God says love is greater. We will not need faith nor hope in heaven but love…

Two more

The Lord blessed us with two more children. God is so faithful and so full of blessings. He knows the desires of our hearts and that as long as Dottie and I are alive we want to receive more children.

Columbia

The children are nearing the end of school. Now we will be getting the gowns and suits for the 23 girls and their escorts. Due to Covid there are girls from 2020, 2021 and 2022. Four of the children raised in Casa and now are full time on…

Antony

After 30 days in the hospital to await for the removal of his spleen Dottie was blessed with a new stove. I cannot even guess how many people she has cooked for. Up until recently she cooked Sunday dinner for all the Americans and some of the Guatemala…

Broken tooth

One of the older girls was horsing around with other girls and broke a tooth. We have a dentist on staff so he came and examined her at 8pm. It will take a day or two for the swelling to go down before he can do anything else.…

Staff prayer

Gymnastic team God loves each of us as though there were only one of us. If there were only one person willing to trust Jesus He would have gone to the cross for that one person. Tonight we had our staff meeting to hear the Word and pray.…

Independence Day

Today is Independence Day so it is a holiday for our staff and no school for the children. A tradition is that the eve of Independence Day is runners carry torches and run throughout the country. I have made radio tapes going well into 2025. Independence Day is…

Civics

Today was the third and final day of the celebration of Guatemala's independence and the top student in every class was honored. Traditional Mayan dances were performed. We are renovating dorms so we are awaiting bids. Most of our dorms are over 25 years of age. We need…

Mayan history

The school continues with the celebration for Independence week. Today each class presented a display of Guatemalan foods and when finished gave with the description of which food belonged to which group of Mayans. Then they ate the food. The school also had gymnastic presentation by each grade.…

Kings and Queens

Josue and I had to meet our lawyer in the city to sign papers. Today is the beginning of Guatemala Independence week. Every class and many individuals performed. A king and queen in primary, junior high and high school were chosen. There were girls dressed in different Mayan…

Death

Debbie just called me(7pm)to inform me that Lori's husband has passed away. Lori is Debbie's daughter and has worked for Casa for years. They also adopted a child from Casa years ago. I cannot believe how fast the time is passing. We have not gotten any inquires from…

9 -11- 2001

Today is the anniversary of 9/11/2001. Dottie and I were in Gulfport where we had preached the night before. We went to a Walmart just in time to see the second airplane to crash into the second tower. It changed the world forever. There wasn't any rain last…

Getting chubby

Dottie began going through the material and the dresses for the quinceanera girls. These are the 15 year olds. So I decided to choose my suit and I cannot fit into any I have. It is diet time. Heidy, the American, has begun music classes. Donna continues to…