We have 10 nurses coming Saturday from the dialysis unit in the city to host a party for the children in dialysis here. We need to hire 2 to help Aroldo. Joshua 1 tells us to be strong and courageous because God is with you. In fact he…

Everyone settled into the work day after a holiday yesterday. Duke and James continue to do maintenance especially in the area of plumbing. There were more court hearings today.They seem to never stop. Winston Churchill was speaking at Harrow School in London when his entire speech…

We celebrated Alex, Analy and Celia's birthday with a lunch and a coca cola cake made by Dottie. Today is a national holiday so our old children had to fill in for our regular cooks, laundry, baby dorm, etc. In Jesus answer to John the Baptist when John…

Woke up with no worries about the water. Great way to end the month. Today was visiting day so we had many happy and many sad children. The young lady who lost an arm and both legs passed away. We read from Mark 6 yesterday where John…

The water well people were a little late getting here but they were able to have us wet by 7pm. The Doncillas girls were so kind as they gave me their sponsor gifts to help pay for the new motor & pump. Our kids have so little but have…

For your information we will continue to build the dialysis dorm but opening it will be delayed. The commercial washer/dryer, increased expenses & now the need to pull up the pipes, add pipes and put in a new motor & pump on our well is depleting our finances.…

Thursday is Dottie’s 74th birthday. I took her to lunch & she only wanted a day out. When it rains! The water pump went out and the technicians say there is a 40% chance the water level is low. So we need more prayer! Your list of prayer…

The reason the dollar is falling according to our banker is Trump’s deportation threats & Guatemalans in the USA are bailing out. Makes sense! I bought Dottie a sofa and a love seat for her birthday. She still needs love at 74. We are open on Wednesday Sept…

I have a major problem that is breaking my heart. Aroldo, the most faithful young man I know, is burned out. He needs help in the dialysis or I am afraid we will lose him. It would be like the death of a child. Please pray for a…

It was good to get back to teaching the children. That is what I miss the most when we are in the states. Duke & James arrived from Alabama right hen we can use them the most. They will be here 3 weeks. God is so good. We…

I went to bed at 5am as I was dealing with issues. I have not had to do this in years I believe but when you have 400 children there are issues that arise. Nothing critical but heart aches. So many children feel abandoned and unloved. I made…

Amalia, our cook, has been with us for over 20 years. Today she was very ill due to high blood pressure & diabetes. We are awaiting the results of her examinations. We had a couple of folks offer to sponsor a child in university or in dialysis. To…

Sebastian had a meeting with CNA about the home where the fire occurred and 42 girls died. Josue' worked on the educational enrollments for the university students and the monthly costs for tuition and expenses. Oscar worked on hospital, Cometas & the apartment in the blue building costs.…

Antoni, son of Bubba and Sandra, will have surgery Thursday so please be in prayer for him. Dottie took a hearing test and does have a moderate hearing loss. I thought she was just ignoring me. They will decide May 22nd as to when she will have the…

The Christmas phot was finished in less than 30 minutes. Getting 500 people still for that time is a chore. Our land paperwork was filed with the judge today so in 5 weeks we should have all of our land in Santiago registered as two pieces of property…

We will take the Christmas foto Tuesday morning. Our soybean milk for the children has been expanded and we are providing milk for 300 children in the school in San Bartolome’. We need a person who can live in the dialysis dorm to help Aroldo. We also need…

Dottie fixed ham with the trimmings for lunch then we handed out the money to the children from their sponsors. I asked the discipleship team to present the Lord’s Supper in the evening. A number of teens got saved. I do not think I mentioned it but Adam…

We finished another home for a pastor and need only the roofs for two churches in Tecpan & Esquintla which cost $2000 each should anyone want to help. We are completing about 6 churches or pastor's home per year. The new boy in dialysis is Alex and he…

The dollar dropped again down to 7.24 quetzales. Yusbella is still in the hospital. We are ordering the roof for Los Cometas as well as the floor tile on Monday. Materials for the dialysis will also be ordered then. So we continue to slowly make headway. We have…