I woke up at 3am with what felt like a nail stuck in my side. I was determined to minister but at 8am the pain was so bad I just could not stand. The rains have been continual for the last week. Sadly we will be under quarantined…

I am so embarrassed as I watch the violence over the murder of George Floyd as in all my years I have seen anything like it here in Guatemala. Guatemala is more civilized than the USA. Add the coronavirus to this & you just have to believe that…

This virus causes us more and more problems. Our smallest dorm of only 10 young boys needs house parents. Please pray with me that God would move on a couple’s heart. Of course there is no ability to travel so we are hanging on.  Dottie with one of…

People have become so desperate that the government has set up emergency phone numbers to call if you are attacked or robbed. We celebrated Minor, our son, 26thbirthday. Our son Minor is also our IT man

One of our girls who grew up here was left a small inheritance when her sponsor died and she donated $800 to Casa for food. My heart nearly explodes when I see young adults from the past who still love Casa & want to help he children. We…

Three teen boys were stir crazy & jumped the fence. They came back on their own but now we have to quarantine them for 15 days in one room. I feel like running outside myself. There were 2 huge wrecks in front of our house due to illegal…

The President extended the stay-at-home order & curfew 5pm to 5am. And everything will be shut down on the weekend. Josue’ was given permission to go to the city & pick up donations of food. Would you believe it was the government agency that we struggle with constantly.…

The sister of our mayor in San Bartolome died from the virus. We use providers there to bring us our food. We will have to figure out a way to purchase our groceries elsewhere. I am praying we will have graduation and quinceaneras this year. It means so…

Guatemala has 51 deaths from the virus. The vencedores boys cleaned the school playground. The Donillas girls pulled the grass around the transition house & apartments. We were able to get 2 technicians to come repair our large cooker. I worry about the children taking tests on line.…

This quarantine is causing Josue’ to have to deal with a number of behavior problems. Everyone is on edge. There is no option in that Aroldo has to take Estephany & Griselda for hemodialysis 6 days a week. All 3 are quarantined when on campus. Remember the boy…

The worst possible thing happened. Aroldo took Griselda for her hemodialysis & they were in contact with a child on dialysis who tested positive for the virus. Please, please pray that none of our kids, staff nor Aroldo will contract the virus. We are purchasing 3 weeks of…

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…