I awoke this morning & began to read the Word & pray for family, Casa, friends, our donors, parents of the children & our staff’s families back in the states. It dawned on me even more deeper that this coronavirus is a spiritual battle & all Christians need…

PTL! I was wrong. The judge spoke to the 3 children via telefacing. Sadly, the judge did say that poverty & lack of an ability to attend school are not reasons to keep children here.\ It appears that certain areas of Guatemala will slowly begin opening up next…

The groceries we ordered last Friday to be brought to Casa finally arrived today, Monday. The curfew is extended for another week. The judges want us to have each child call judge & for us to go visit all the parents. It is totally unreasonable. I think it…

In this pandemic we do not want to return to normal. We want to return to Jesus. This is a difficult time academically for all children. With finals upon them our children are studying the best they can. Education means so little in Guatemala so this will be…

The children are so bored that the girls divided into two groups with one pulling weeds & helping Dottie in the garden & the other group taking out all of the chairs & tables out of the dining hall & washing them with soap. Some of the boys…

Starting Monday grocery stores will be open from 9am-4pm three days a week. Everything is essentially closed. You cannot imagine how difficult this will be for us as we feed the children, etc. The largest hospital in Guatemala is sending 1000’s of patients to other hospitals so they can…

Teams scheduled for July want to know what to do. There is no guarantee that Guatemala will even be allowing flights & also no guarantee that they will not be quarantined. So each team must watch the news, pray & make individual decisions. Plus we must protect the…

God has been so good to us as we have not had any children or staff get ill. There are so many decisions to be made. I do not know how the government will handle the educational situations. The children have only had 6 weeks of school. We…

I appreciate all of you who pray for us and are fasting with us. Also we know how difficult it is financially for many of you yet you have continued to be generous to us.Thank you so much. Josue went to the universities & paid tuition even though…

This isn’t fair. 1/3 of our staff live on campus so they have been working for weeks while 2/3 live off campus & are getting paid for not working. Next month they get an extra month’s pay. The President made it even harder as no one can travel…

Jim preached for me today. I want to thank all of you who have responded to my call to fast one meal a day concerning the virus. There were 3 more cases in Poaquil so this is still a long way off before we can get staff back…

Try and imagine 250 children locked behind walls & a staff that is at 50% and you will conclude that the walls are closing in. I really am blessed at how well the children have behaved but it I more difficult as each day passes. The teen girls…

We received a donation of 350 masks from Claudia and her husband. I had a little spell yesterday falling twice but the worst thing was as Dottie and I were saying our evening prayer I could not remember names. I mean I could not remember my children, sisters…

Thanks to those of you willing to fast a meal a day and pray that this virus will cease. Pray that there will also be salvations and closer walks with God through this battle. Brother Teddie donated tomatoes, onions, bell peppers & other vegggies. A woman in Santiago…

Mark 9:29 says, “This comes out only by prayer & fasting”. Would you fast at least one meal a day & pray for God to intervene against this horrible plague of COVID-19? If you want to join me just email me at  casa_aleluya@yahoo.com.  We can do it together. 1 in…

Josue, Billy & Heidy have done an awesome job getting food but I saw where Krogers & Costcos in the USA are running low on meat. You realize that much of our food in Guatemala comes from outside the country. We need miracles of food & finances. Next…

The government backed off in that they are not going to cut off electricity & water for those who cannot pay. They did extend the quarantine & the curfew so we are looking at another rough week. The virus cases continue to grow but the death toll remains…

The government is acting like the democrats & republicans in the USA. The President had a meeting & locked out all of his opposing congress members. He wants to cut off all utilities for those who cannot pay their bills. This will cause unbelievable harm to thousands of…

Who would have ever thought that we would live in the time of a pandemic? I am losing sight of what day it is. Being quarantined is certainly stressing & worrying about all of the children and staff at Casa is exhausting. Making radio shows is my solace.…

The children are so bored & without any visitors it makes it worse. They love having their sponsors during these months. All of us that are 60 years old must stay quarantined. As you can imagine in a poor country like Guatemala people are already without food or…