Estefany at 2 months when she arrived at Casa and last week at 23 years when she left. Contagious!! Oscar proposed to Tatiana. They also have been dating over 5 years, and both are servants. He proposed to her while they were on the top of the volcano.…

Newly weds Newly weds A second point I made in my sermon concerning prayer is Have a forgiving spirit. I have lived a long time, and I have hurt others and others have harmed me. But if I want God to hear and answer my prayer, I must…

Fresh air, therapy with Jackie. It is hard to believe that we are in the last month of the year. My sermon yesterday was a good-bye to the older children who are leaving. 18 - 21 will stay and above that they will leave. The wedding between Orlando…

Our granddaughter Emma. It seems that the months are passing more rapidly this year. Maybe it is just my age. The year is one month from concluding. With all the changes being made by the courts concerning Casa I am just trying to stay in prayer for peace…

The 15 year olds all dressed up. Dottie´s mind is improving. She recognizes people and can recall names of folks in photographs. It is wonderful when she has clarity. She did have a bad evening yesterday as she was confused and trying to keep Adela from taking her…

Three days until the wedding. Tony, Lily, Josue, Oscar, Tatiana, Kimberly and Marlin had Thanksgiving dinner with us. I spend most of my time with Dottie trying to motivate her to talk or just communicate with me. We do all that we can to keep her out of…

Melane and William came to tell us goodbye after 19 years at Casa. I went to breakfast with my son, Orlando, as we prepare for the wedding this Monday. When he came here, he was 18 months and totally crippled. I was told that he would never walk.…

The Cook Baptist team with the table saw they donated. 26th: William and Melanie have been dating and have felt strongly for each other for years. They came to tell us goodbye as he will move Wednesday and she will move Friday. William has been here 19 years…

Graduation program The Cook Baptist left yesterday but they helped so so much with an extremely busy 2 weeks. Monday evening the girls drove to El Estor where they had a retreat and our other teenage girls met them there for two days with Godly activities and Bible…

Wes Hall with Dottie. He was our board chairman for over 20 years and a very dear friend. The church from El Estor furnished music, food, decorations and more than I can say. Cook Baptist from Ruston provided Bibles for each of the graduates and the quinceaneras. Josue…

Yesterday was so special as many of the graduates have been here dozens of years and it brought such joy to Dottie and my heart to watch them clutch their diplomas. Saturday the quinceanera girls were beautiful as usual. This is the biggest day of the year for…

Yusvely, dialysis, top student. Dottie woke me up and said, “Why don´t you have your shoes on? We need to go the mall.” She is so sweet even during her illness. Later she said, “I have never been to a mall in Washington, DC.”. Graduation is one the…

Water baptism is so special at Casa. Yesterday I gave my testimony to the Louisiana and Oklahoma teams. Today is Graduation Day!!! We are doing things different this year. Today is graduation and tomorrow we will celebrate the Quinceaneras. Dottie and I are just taking everything in and…

The late Dr. Hines made such a tremendous impact on Casa. There are so many activities related to the graduates and preparation for the 15-year-old girls. There is a pastor from FBS Sterlington, Louisiana with the Ruston team. Cook Baptist has sponsored Casa for 30 years. The Cook…

Dottie´s family picture in 6th grade. I am still somewhat under the weather. The neurologist was surprised to exam Dottie and discover she did not suffer or go down very much health wise. There was a little deterioration but only slight. So having 6 days of physical and…

Daniela, Febe and Boche came to church. I love whe older kids return to hear the Word. Sunday I was set to preach on the importance of prayer. But I woke up ill and Alvaro preached in my place. I have not been this ill in years. Prayer…

Dottie is always filled with joy. Three of my board members came last week, Jessica, Estella and Kristi. They met with local contractors for two purposes. One group were landscaping professionals, and they want to landscape ALL of Casa in honor of Dottie. They also have three large…

My son, Chad. We miss seeing him. The results from the MRI, Lab work and examination was positive. Without a miracle Dottie will not get better but these 6 months checkup showed that the therapy and medicines have kept her from getting worse. Yesterday the 8th grade from…

30 Years ago. Today Orlando drove and Jacqueline the nurse went to Chimaltenango for Dottie´s appointment. The neurologist said Dottie was about the same but he did give her 4 more medications. team helping Tim came by for me to share my story with them. The government did…

Dottie at the piano. Kelli, who is writing our biography, left yesterday and she has enough notes and stories that we may have to write the story of Casa in installments. My going through all these notes with beautiful stories of the children and seeing how many have…