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#509 our story
We have a large number of visitors so I had services in Spanish & then in English. What I shared I needed personally so hearing it twice was good for me. I spoke to the teams tonight. Wagons ho! 5/25/2003.My foot is so infected that the doctor said…
#508 our story
We had a group leave today and another 14 folks arrive. One group is repainting the dialysis dorm. The girls from Esperanza upstairs went swimming. Debbie, my secetary, & Cindy arrived. It was Cindy’s birthday so we went to lunch. Alex came home from the hospital 7 his…
#507 our story
The busiest day of the year! Some of the quinceaneras were up before 2am to do their hairdos. In the senior class Pedro Caniz & Brayan Cermeno were the scholarship winners & both have high goals for university. They want to study architecture & business administration respectfully. There…
#506 our story
One team did an outreach to a village & another worked on the dialysis building & a third team had crafts for every dorm & some of the men worked on the older girls dorm. Dottie, Gladys & I went to the market & purchased the flowers and…
#505 our story
It is so strange that we have had more broken arms with kids playing volley ball then playing soccer. Another girl broke her arm. Today is a special day of “Let’s play together” which the children love. Josue’ & Sebastian went to verify all of our land deeds.…
Melanie Darter
The first time that our team touched down in Guatemala was 12 1/2 years ago. In 2008, our team consisted of only 4 people who joined another mission team that frequented Casa. Since our first trip we haven't missed a year and have brought others with us to…
Carrie Sheildknight & Cristi George
Our Arkansas team has had the privilege of serving at Casa for several years. The joy evident in the lives of the children and staff at Casa has touched our hearts as we have served. We have watched as the Holy Spirit has worked to change hearts and…
Austin Biddy
by Austin Biddy @ Steel Creek This year marked our 3rd year in a row coming to Casa as a Youth Group. We had a team of 30 and upon arriving we realized how excited the kids were to see us. The older High School girls had made…
Amy Anderson
We took our team to serve and experience God in a new and intimate way while working at Casa Aleluya. Our team went with a mission to play with the children and helped around the grounds to support the mission of Casa, but we gained was so much…
Amy McCown
Maggie was 13 years old when dear friends asked her to join them on a mission trip to Guatemala with their church. Our family had a Compassion child and a World Vision child on our refrigerator that we had prayed for many years, but letting my little one…
Jakelin Alvarez Contreras
Jakelin grew up at Casa and is now part of the Kitchen Team serving the children and staff. She loves the ministry and being able to be used by God to minister to children who have gone through similar situations she and her siblings have gone through. "Casa…
Ana Gabriela Garcia Pineda
Ana has grown up at Casa Aleluya, increasing her education and becoming a part of the Kitchen Team serving meals to the children and staff. "The contributions you make to Casa Aleluya have had a great impact on my life and the lives of the children who live…
Pamela Yahaira Perez
During her time at Casa, Pamela served children as a nanny She provided unconditional love and support at the Los Angelitos Dorm. She continues her studies in Social Management to help create more opportunities for the children. She knows God has called her to share his unconditional love…
Mirna Lily Flores Mendoza
Mirna helps in the problematic areas with the children and adolescents of Casa Aleluya. Growing up at Casa, she overcame obstacles to excel spiritually, personally, and academically. She also likes to help with the activities that develop the talents and skills of young people. These activities help them…
Katerin Yhise Muñoz
Growing up at Casa Aleluya, Katerin understand first hand how important family and working together to help everyone. She works to provide different activities for the little children of the dorm and is currently studying pre-primary education to help deal with the various problems the children in the…
#504 our story
We had practice today for graduation. The graduates are kindergarten, 6thgrade, 9thgrade & seniors and also the quinceaneras. Walt & Randi took los Cometas and the dialysis children with Mike & Amber to eat pizza, go to a movie and then have a chicken dinner. Part of the…
#503 our story
This is the busiest week of the year. Dottie & I went to get the food for the quinceaneras when we go to the hotel. Sebastian’s 10 year old niece passed away. Gladys is working on the program for Friday. She made the special diplomas for the two…
#502 our story
Claudia brought us 220 Christmas tote bags with names on them. Her husband, Angel, & son, Jeremy came also. Farrell & Ina, our second sponsors in 1989 arrived. Alma came to visit as she is due to give birth this week & wanted prayer. Angel, Jeremy and Claudia…
#501 our story
Jim & Kate left for a vacation time with her mother & then Jim will return for graduation only to then return & get Kate for them to go visit their children in New Zealand. Estephany went to the emergency room with catheter infection. Alex goes this week…
#500 our story
The teams worked until noon and then went to Anigua. We received 2 new children. . Jim had Bible study for the staff. English in the evening & Spanish in the morning. Carla and I 4/26/2003. Jorge flipped the old brown truck on his way to his college…