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…

Another friend of mine had a kidney removed as well as other things. His surgeon said he would have died this year had they not caught the cancer. Please pray for both of them.

The virus has been difficult for us as we have had to keep kids separate as possible. But with school now started the children have TV classes, do homework and then we let the boys pass to visit with their sisters. They all wear masks. One of my…

Elementary classes on TV from 7:30 until 9:30 followed by high school until 12:30.   My Bible study for older boys has gone from 8 to 17. I am so blessed. Keyser is the child who had a kidney transplant and has done so well

I began a series on the fruit of the Spirit today. The children started back to virtual on line studying. We are so short on staff so we are rotating college and mature high school students to rotate in necessary areas. They have done it without complaining. The…

We allowed the boys to cross over to the girl’s side of the property (with masks) to be able to visit their sisters & friends. I want to thank all of you who sent a financial love gift this past year. We are so blessed. The kids were…

Jouse took Dorcas our accountant to two different government agency. There has been so many responsibilities with this pandemic. Billy has been great with the school on line. Kate is in the school also; Cristina is helping Heidi and Bob and Georgie  are doing their responsibilities. Jim is working…

Now that the USA elections are over thousands of Central Americans are headed for the border. The Guatemalan army was able to divert some but Hondurans, Salvadoran, & Guatemalans are on the way. Thousands without masks & social distancing are on the way. 2021 will probably be a…

When Jim & Kate were in the states that bought 50 or so Christian books so there are so many teenagers reading every day . Bob is installing more TVs for the school students.  Quique & friends for his birthday

Thousands of immigrants are coming through Guatemala headed to the Texas Border. There is no doubt they will be carrying Covid. A great influx of  Guatemala & Honduran have just over run the police and army. Today was one of the coldest ever.  My sight from the watrr tower

We are quarantining from the school because the health department visited, took tests, found nothing but asked us to not have school for extra 5 days. The children are eating in shifts these 5 days. Dottie & I are approaching 10 months of not being able to leave…

The health department gave us a clean slate of health but suggested we add 3 days more of quarantined so we did not have church services Sunday. But I had a good day of listening to preaching by Billy Graham’s children &4 sermons by the Duck Dynasty family.…

The Covid vaccine is not in Guatemala yet there are groups telling people they have it and can sell them some. That would be deadly. 2020 has not brought out the best of humanity in many areas. We need to love each other regardless of who they are. …

WOW! The department of health came to check for Covid and found none. But one of the nurses was the mid-wife who delivered Josue 32 years ago. It was awesome to meet her. They found no symptoms.  God is on the throne! This last year has shown us that…