God has blessed us again. Dr. Miguel Rodriquez will join our staff January 1, 2016. He is a trauma surgeon trained in pediatrics. He did work with Dr Lou our nephrologist. God is awesome. The government has outdone itself. First, no one at Casa or any other government…
Josue’ asked the men at Bible study Friday night to pray for him to have a passion for the children. And that as he seeded passion to them they in turn would have a passion for their spouses & children someday. His spiritual growth has amazed me. His…
I was so tired that I forgot to tell you that yesterday as I was landing in Guatemala, Aroldo, the dialysis chief, had a semi roll over on his car. He is fine. Shaken! The headlines in the newspaper was "Alive by a miracle". The men’s Bible study…
The trip home was long but fine. Gretchen returned with us for a 3 week stay to see if she is hearing God's voice instructing her to come full-time. Larry & Sue stayed in our house with our 9 children & they seem to have survived. They are…
Last night! Had our teeth cleaned. Mark & Gina opened their home for us for days & Tim has done our dental work for years so we are blessed with great friends wanting to help us to help the children. Tim sent a photograph of an accident between…
Dottie had a hearing exam today with Dr. Keith, long time supporter of Casa, and she has a hearing loss. For months she told me I did not respond to her questions & I have been saying that she does not listen. Now we know why. We have…
Death toll from mudslide is now up to 131 with hundreds still missing. Yesterday we stopped & picked up medication from Dr. Don for our clinic as we passed through Bunkie. Josue' will be bring medicine from Dr. Tim on his way from Tennessee. Josue' flies in to…
69 dead, 350 missing and 125 homes under tons of mud in Santa Caterina, Guatemala. We completed our trip home with a Missionary Banquet at Northside Assembly & I was honored to be able to give the keynote message. Missionaries from Peru, Africa & India were there. Dottie…
We drove leisurely to Marksville where we will stay until the services Sunday morning at Effie (Macedonia) where my Dad was born & then finish the ministering part of our trip in Crowley at Northside Assembly. The older girls in Doncillas bagged up their own clothes & other…
A mechanical cow is not a cow. It is a machine used to convert soy beans into milk, tortillas and bread. Bob has begun to renovate the college boy's dorm for this project. The rains are so heavy in Guatemala a mudslide took 10 lives this morning in…
It seems like we finally have a day of rest. No driving & no preaching! Sunday morning we will be in Vick, La ministering at Macedonia Baptist church ,10 & 11am, and then our last service will be at Northside Assembly in Crowley, La Sunday evening. We are…
Three requests: I encourage you to get the update sent to your mail on a daily basis. Tim can help with that. Second, we are going to refer to the medical facility for dialysis simply as the Genesis House as the word "hospital" can cause much confusion as…
With all my heart I ask you to read this with prayer & agreement. Can you pray with me that retired nephrologists as well as technicians and nurses would consider coming to be a part of the ministry to our kidney diseased children? We will need dozens of…
Aroldo emailed to say that Marjorie is in the hospital with pneumonia and that Jose' is not doing well emotionally. He has told me repeatedly he would rather die than stay on dialysis foever. He is nearing 18 so he has been blessed with a longer life expectancy than…
The Spanish service at Mignon Baptist was so special & the reception by the congregation (English) was very touching to Dottie and me. Then we drove to Pine Rindge Baptist in Fort Payne and it was awesome. So today was a great day in the Lord. A…
Onesey will have surgery on her foot next month and then on her double esophagus in February. We had dinner with LC & Judy & friends & are headed for churn right now. Did not have Internet last night. Mignon Baptist, Sylaguaga, at 9am & Fort Paine tonight…
Brandi returned from her stay in the states and she was so blessed to discover that her dorm, college girls, did not have even one problem when she was gone. She is doing a great job with them. Pastor Yu, Korean church, and 20 members came to spend…
The situation in Guatemala went from critical to complete calm. Teddie's team did not have to stay at Casa. Dottie & I left Norman at 2am & arrived in Hoover, Al at 1:15pm. Dottie took me to see the movie "War Room" & EVERY Christian needs to go…
Adam & Vilma took their honor roll, level 5 girls to the water park. Teddie called to say violence between two gangs has broken out in Chimaltenango. He had a a team scheduled for there tomorrow so will send them to Casa instead if they choose to make…
We drove to Fayetteville to see Jim & Linda, She has broken her leg. Then we headed towards Norman, Oklahoma where we will minister at Trinity Baptist at 6pm Wednesday. Since returning to the states the Lord has healed me spirit, soul and body daily. This is the…