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Hard work
The child, Jose, with Fancona anemia is having a blood transplant today and will have to take even more medication. Jose, dialysis, surgery was cancelled because his blood count is too low. He, too, will have a blood transfusion and surgery later. Marjorie came home from the hospital…
Tanya
Another of our daughters, Tanya, and her 4 children will arrive Monday evening. Dottie and I love having our kids & grandkids visit. Maybe it helps me to think that they understand why we have spent more time with the Guatemalan children f0r 27 years than with our…
Rest
There were no blockades this morning so Dottie and I were able to get back home without much trouble. Steve O. came to get the back hoe we were holding for him. Our boys, 98% of them at least, were cheering for Barcelona in the Champions League finals…
Blockades
45 minutes before Dottie & I were to leave the hotel Tim called to say highways were blocked. We turned on the news & the farmers have blocked all the entrances into Guatemala City & say it will last 12 - 18 hours. The entire nation seems…
Senior girls
I have felt so weak for over a week & with the financial cloud, the government foolishness, the difficulty of the transition, the dialysis children being so ill & having to return to court this coming Tuesday I decided to go have my medications checked. I was overdosing…
Endurance
The Huntsville team hosted a time of worship and performed 2 dramas for all of the older children. A 16 year old girl killed a cab driver as part of the initiation into a gang. She was recognized & then burned alive by her neighbors. Billy is doing…
Kindness
Our daughter, Crissy, along with Tim & Patty gifted Dottie and me with three nights in a very nice hotel. They are so kind and thoughtful & I hope to sleep most of that time. Crissy will stay with the children living in our house. The Huntsville team…
The New Month
Finished the financial report for the month of May & also the Guatemala monthly report. Seeing Crissy(daughter) and Ozzie(grandson) has made me feel so much better. There are so many attributes of Jesus that we should all try to emulate. Three of His many attributes that I…
Heavy prayer needed
Jessie's grandfather died last night so she is returning to the states for the funeral. The dialysis kids are under attack. Jose' has High Blood Pressure so the surgery is delayed. Wendy is having surgery today to move the catheter to another location. Marjorie is in constant back…
Crissy & Ozzie
Our daughter, Crissy, and grandson Ozzie arrive Sunday. Also we received 3 new children. Young ones ages 4, 7 and 8 arrived which gives Chad & Abby 66 in the baby dorm. The roof poured yesterday looks great. You and I are either going forward, standing still…
Contentment
The surgeons changed Jose's catheter to hemp-dialysis & the problem is a huge hernia that punctured his stomach which after the liquids are removed they will go in and repair it. Possibly Monday. The cement was poured for the second floor of the hospital. So we will not be…
25 hours
Jose' was in the emergency room for 25 hours before they had a specialist see him. Dr Lou is so upset. I am heart sick that Jose' was treated so callously. We will pour the cement for the second floor of the hospital Friday afternoon. The medical team…
Jose
When you realize that my having to go to litigation was not the worst part of my day you get an idea of how stressful it was. Dottie was walking & heard Jose'(dialysis) screaming & I rushed in. His testicles were swollen larger than a nerf football. We…
Candy
Larry & Sue left for the USA today. Candy has worked so hard with the medical team & it is going so well. With the 2 new children last night that means we have received 27 new children in May & 17 in April putting the total of…
Medical team
Marjorie is in the hospital for a week. She had problems during hemodialysis. Evelin, Kevin & Laura began training at Roosevelt Hospital to be able to administer dialysis. The medical team saw hundreds of our children plus 105 high school students from the village. They will continue to…
All Things
Change Wed Oct 7 to Wed Sept 30 for Glad Tidings Assembly in Lake Charles, La. We dedicated Augustine & Dania's baby Brittany, this morning. Saraland Al and a team from Oklahoma arrived today. We have had such heavy rains three days so the greenery is beautiful and…
Decisions
The Louisiana and North Carolina teams are leaving Sunday morning and a Mobile, Al team is arriving this afternoon. We are slowly trying to get everything needed for the new accreditation papers so Tim, Jacob and I went through papers in he office. It sill take Gladys &…
Vision
Michelle, Tatiana & Oscar wo attended special education in Antigua went to the zoo today. The Social Security Administration’s leader as well as 13 others were arrested and another 17 in the Health Department. It is an election year. The charges are financial corruption. We spent a long…
Commitment
One child with fetal-alcohol syndrome has been really emotionally upset for a while. She bites, kicks & screams & the only thing that helps is to hold her tight & love her until she is calm. The children are taking semester exams. Received 4 children ages 2, 4,…
Conquer
I stayed busy all day but cannot remember all I did. Now that is bad!! We did receive a new teenage girl. Chad worked for hours on a clogged pipe. This is the same one running from the baby dorm to the main drain. Over the years we…