Lake Charles was covered with ice and snow this morning. A number of our older kids & staff got up early to donate blood for Junior needs another transfusion. Valentines Day was celebrated by all of the older children eating supper on the school property and then playing…

The most difficult part of being a preacher, at least for me, is living out what you preach. Today I shared “JOY” with the children. God’s joy is always the same. Happiness depends on what is happening to me. I win and I am happy. I lose and…

I keep seeing on TV how difficult it is for children to study virtually.  Many kids are getting 1 day a week of studying. Depression, aggression and suicide is off the charts. Dottie & I were unable to travel and minister in 2020 due to restrictions and it looks…

Dottie and I have passed the one year mark for quarantine. Due to our ages of 77 we decided we would go with the science. It is incredible that with this many children and adults on campus only one has tested positive and that was our doctor. She…

Junior had a biopsy. So the physicians here are doing the best they can. They believe he will keep improving. I worry so much about the education children all around the world are receiving. Some on-line classes are given only once or twice a week. We are able…

Junior is doing better. He had a blood transfusion so we are optimistic. Today is Dottie and my 58thwedding anniversary. Her parents never thought we would make 5 years.

My sister, Virginia, in Baton Rouge has been going through boxes of old family photos all the way to when my great grandparents were living so that covers near 100 years old. They bring up such great memories. Allen began walking the property with Oscar making lists of…

Allen and Brenda got out of quarantine & are ready to go to work. They will be here a number of weeks. He is an electrician. With Amy that gives us three extra helpers. I have asked God for 150 more children & with the one girl last…

Allen and Brenda got out of quarantine & are ready to go to work. They will be here a number of weeks. He is an electrician. With Amy that gives us three extra helpers. I have asked God for 150 more children & with the one girl last…

The courts sent us a 12 year old girl. This is the first child since March 2020. Our prayer is that the courts would start sending us children although the virus is still around. It does not appear the virus is here to stay for months more. Our…

God has been so good. All of the children who needed a computer for college have one except for Cesar & Josue will get his on Monday. It was reported today there have been 800,000 suicides worldwide in 2020. Quarantining is doing as much damage as the covid.…

Junior is still in the hospital. They still cannot discover the problem. We have to have a female with him at all times so Candida stayed 2 weeks & Katherine is about to conclude the 4thweek. Of course all of you know our finances are down & I…

My sister, Virginia, in Baton Rouge has been going through the old photos from when we were children growing up in Bunkie, Louisiana. Dottie & I married in Arkansas, went to college in Natchitoches, La. then on to California to teach, returning to school in Florida and there…

32 years ago today Dottie and I entered Guatemala and Casa Aleluya was born. By Saturday all students from kindergarten through university will be taking classes. Billy and all of our older children & some staff members have put a plan in play that covers all students. The…

Alan and Brenda Stone arrived and will quarantine for 5 days. They are here to check on our need of a maintenance person. My teen boy Bible group is rising.  My dad, mom and I on Easter Sunday 1950

 To give you an idea of the Covid’s affect on us. Last year we had 25 5thgrade students & today we have only 5. The parents are threatening the judges by telling them if their child gets sick they will sue that judge. We had our first long…

Praise God! I messed up and my dates are wrong. God is so good. He watches over us. He has allowed Dottie & I to raise many children even as my health declines. I have tried to stay strong & positive about the future. I trust the Lord…

Jim preached for me this morning because I bumped my head & as hard headed as I am it still was difficult to think. Some of our college students began their online classes. They are from 7am until noon.  The rest will begin tomorrow. Traditional Mayan dress

Junior is in his 3rd week in the hospital. He does not have Covid but the physcians cannot diagnose the problem. I left campus for the second time in 10 months as Josue and I needed to sign some legal papers. Our village, San Bartolome, has had water…

A judge called & said she had 3 children ages 2, 4, 6 from Honduras but we cannot take any new children until they have the covid test. My friend who had his prostrate removed is fine although the surgery was much longer then the physicians thought it…