Today is Queque's birthday. He came here as a baby following the death of his mother giving birth to him. He is in college and lives in our house. He is now 24 years old. One of my most favorite things to do is to find old Christian…

Michelle an Adela left before 4am for Michelle to get an electrocardiogram before her eye surgery and when they arrived at the hospital all the spaces were taken. They tell you the day for the test but you have to get in line and get a number. So…

Dr. Lou is helping us as we begin buying equipment for the dialysis ministry. Also this is the time we pay taxes and insurance for al of our vehicles. "For this God is our God forever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death" Psalm 48:14.Our…

We were blessed with a large offering to purchase two pickup trucks so Josue, Orlando and I went pickup shopping today. Billy said that the first full day of school today went well. It is not enough to say that God loves us just like we are. Go…

As many of you will recall a few years ago we built a church on our property to be used by the community. Sadly the pastor died so pray with us the church will find a pastor. Jay and I spent the afternoon talking about all that God…

The final prayer of Jesus was about us. His final pain was for us. His final passion was for us. Before Jesus went to the cross He went to the garden. When He spoke to His Father it was you and I in His prayers. When He looked…

We received a new little boy last night. We had a school assembly and so for the children who live outside of CASA it was a reunion. All the teachers were introduced and there were many smiles. The children have been so bored with the pandemic and online…

Guatemala is known as the Land of Eternal Spring but it has not lived up to its name for many months! It is COLD! Today was family day so we had parents and families visiting. Please pray that God will touch a heart to come and help us…

We are receiving a few visitors so that is nice for the children. Two girls were sent home a few months ago and again their parents did not take care of them so they returned to Casa last night.

Gladys,was 8 years old in 2989 when she came to Casa. She has been a wonderful daughter and done so many things for Casa that it is not possible to list them all. She has been diagnosed with a tumor in her eye. She asked me to ask…

Another of my high school classmates, Davis, passed away earlier this week. As I get older I struggle in a number of areas. Not all aging is positive. I struggle just to stand up from a chair, get my balance and get moving. But God is eager to…

Another cold day! School begins next week and that is great because the students have been cooped up for nearly 3 years. Due to the pandemic as well as new laws concerning homes for children some of our classes will have only six students. Usually all classes were…

This week a professional football player made a tackle that caused his heart to stop beating. Fear covered that football stadium and millions of viewers by television. The word "PRAY" was covering America for a miracle for the young man. Players weighing 350 pounds were weeping. As I…

I have been dealing with a sore throat and cough so pray for me. Jeremy's wife, Amy, arrived for a few weeks to help out in Cometas with the little boys. Oscar has been lining up project for the teams these coming months.

Candida and Adela took Michelle to get the final tests before her eye surgery. Her vision is so poor that we need to keep Michelle in our prayers for successful surgery. I just received word that she will have surgery January 30th.

Schools open next week so Billy has been working to get texts, teachers an all the class rooms ready. Due to Covid this will be the smallest our classes in years. God has everything in control so I feel we will have a great year as teachers will…

I woke up feeling fluish. I watched the LSU/Purdue game. Dottie is doing much better. Josue' went to pay the yearly land taxes for the year. We have land in two different states. So he went to San Bartlome and then to Santiago. This was the very busy…

I shared with the children that a New Year is filled with opportunities to take steps forward spiritually, academically, physically and relationally. Dottie still has to rest as the healing is so slow. Pray that this year the children will develop and not just waste their opportunities. Angie…

I went to the bank yesterday alone for the first time in months. Robberies leaving the bank are prevalent during the holidays but I got home safe. Dottie made gumbo from the left over turkey carcasses. We began selling candy and chips as we do each week so…

Yesterday was very comfortable but this morning it was cold again but not freezing. Josue' and I had some banking duties and actually stood at the teller's window for nearly one hour. We received another baby yesterday but lost 3 who were sent home to parents who cannot…