Angie will not be returning to teach English next year. She took a year's sabbatical and after 17 years here she feels the need to be with her family. I am so grateful for her talent and dedication. She will be missed. Dave and Amy's friends arrived and…

Bubba grew up here from age 3 months. He married Sandra and they have a child, Anthony, whom I have told you about. He has been sick and every diagnosis has not been clear. Last night he began bleeding and they are terrified. When you pray for Mateo…

The 3 dialysis kids are back home at Casa. My upstairs looks as if someone threw a hand grenade in it. Olga, Christine and Dottie retried the dresses on the girls to ensure all is well. The two dialysis girls are so small so we will have to…

Dottie is exhausted as she and Christine have worked so hard altering the 24 dresses and then last night Dottie sorted and matched ribbons, etc. for the girl. The staff had a lunch together. I preached on Respect because last week an older girl was very disrespectful while…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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…

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 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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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.…

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…

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…

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.…