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A marvelous thing that has happened is that a handful of children who have left Casa sponsor children at Casa. Estela is in Tennessee & Helen is in New York while Carlos is here in Guatemala & they all sponsor children or dorms. Giving back is so critical…
Support #2
Mother's Day (Guatemala) was calm & passed without incident. I bought Dottie a muzzle for Mother's Day. She used it on one of the Doberman dogs. The three of them have been barking all night for days. Not Dottie--the Dobermans. For the first time in months the children…
Support
We have 89 children without sponsors. It only takes $40 a month to sponsor a child and prayers which are more important than the money. Since the law forbids us from posting photos it makes it more difficult for you to know what they look like. We finally are…
How not to quit #5
Wednesday is Mother's Day & the law states that mothers get a day off with pay so that affects every area of life at Casa: school, office, clinic, etc. We soon have to be paying the extra month's salary so we began working on it today. Dottie &…
How not to quit #4
A number of young people came for church today following the death of Eddy. The loss of a young person has a sobering affect on all of us. Dottie fixed gumbo which feeds a large number so it was perfect. A number of the visitors stayed and spoke…
How not to quit #3
Fernando was able to get into the data base so now Tony will be able to get new sponsor letters done which should make those sponsors very happy. The ten nurses who came brought so much for the dialysis children & everyone had a great time. Pray that…
How to not quit #2
A young man, Eddy Trujillo, who was raised at Casa passed away this week. He had kidney failure. Pray for the family please. We are desperate for a Wordpress programmer to help us with our new web site. The old one was out of date so we are…
Things to help us not quit
Pray with us about our September schedule. It is not getting filled and we do not want to go home if no one wants to hear us. We have been praying for rain & the weather is changing so God is answering our prayers. It has been a…
Do not quit
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…
Never give up
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…
John the Baptist #3
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…
John the Baptist #2
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…
John #1
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…
Rain falls
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.…
The temptation to not believe it until you see it
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…
Take the easy way
There is a temptation to do things ourselves and there is a temptation to take the easy way. Luke 4:5-7 says, “If you will worship me I will give you all these things”. He was offering Jesus a kingdom without a cross. This is always the easiest way…
Do it myself
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…
Second chances
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…
Comfort me
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…
The dead and the Ignorant
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…