Phillip, Joann and the family. It is wonderful to have team here helping with sheet rocking but even more so playing and interacting with the children. Teddy brought me a lot of frozen sea food and with it was crawfish. Carolyn prepared it for me even though she…

Jessca, board member whois here for week with Estela as they are looking at future projects. We had 2 more teams arrive the last two days. One is from Clarksville Tennessee. The other is from Memphis, Tn. God says that we should remember the poor. John12:8 tells us…

The last foto of Dottie and her mother. Estela and Jessica, board members, are here this week. Yesterday I took my son, Tony, to breakfast. I enjoy that time with him. Dottie has physical therapy on Wednesdays so it allows me to leave for a couple of hours.…

This is how we do Christmas gifts. Each child has a stack of gifts. I have been teaching the children on some basics. For instance, two weeks ago, I taught on the power of the Bible then the next Sunday I taught on Grace. This Sunday I will…

Look at the number of young girls there were when we first built the Esperanza dorm. We had a team of 19 arrive yesterday from Louisiana. The teams have made the last few weeks a true blessing for the children not to mention they have also led some…

Michelle spent the weekend with Tony and Lily and they took her to church and as you can see she was very happy. Saturday Fraternidad Cristiano came for their monthly visit to minister to the children with Bible classes followed by food and games. This church has been…

This is what kindergarten graduation looked like years ago. I am praying that we will see these numbers again. I am about to run out of names for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We have looked at over 300 names, and I have enjoyed doing that. Our…

Jeremy and Amy have been part of the ministry for years. They even have come for a month on various occasions. They want to help guide the older children who have left Casa. This is a very needed ministry. I catch up with Dottie on this day, the…

The boys from Casa on the championship team. The Tennessee team leaves today after a full week of work. The older girl’s dorm house has a massive amount of work as new windows are being installed, the old tile is being removed, hundreds of sheets of sheetrock being…

Thirteen years ago we celebrated out 50th anniversary. That is a day I will never forget. I remember singing "Through It All" to Dottie. It got many laughs but it was so true. We have been through it all but God is still with us and we are…

Dottie loves roses and this one was in her garden. The Louisiana team left for the states. They finished painting the wall before they left. It was good to see them as it has been many years they have come to Casa annually. The ladies on the Tennessee…

Alex, Elliot and Leigh. This photograph is of Alex, adopted from Casa and a university graduate. His wife is Leigh and son Elliot. There have been tough times over the years, but when I see results such as this everything has been worthwhile. Our boys won their second…

A true patriot. A team arrived Saturday from Somerville, Tennessee. Shandi and Barbara had their first off campus excursion with Michelle as they took her with the team to the zoo. Michelle is slowly treating Shandi better. She misses Adela and is cool towards others right now. I…

Dottie enjoys her therapy. Michelle helps so it is good for her also. Carolyn does therapies through the week also. Paola is the nurse on the weekends. Yesterday the Louisiana team took the Baby Dorm, Esperanza younger girls and the Vencedores boys to the zoo. I will preach…

Our Two Grandsons Alex and Jefferson. On the Louisiana team are two young men, Alex and Jefferson who were adopted years ago. The boys have done well. Alex graduated from college and is in a position where he hires others. He is married with a toddler son. Jefferson…

This is what our 7th grade graduations use to look like. Carolyn is wonderful for Dottie as she does therapy, sings and reads the Bible with her. She loves it!!! God said that laughter is like a medicine and I want you to know that Dottie is so…

Can you imagine all of these children waiting to go into only 6 classrooms in 1995? Carolyn takes Dottie to the baby dorm each day and the children just love on Dottie. She loves it and them!!! God said that laughter is like a medicine and I want…

This is how we built dorms.This cement mixer was used by hand when we built the dorms. The children would grab a wheel barrel and not give it up even taking it to the cafeteria. Cook Baptist from Rustin, Louisiana arrived yesterday. Two of the boys on the…

Michelle at the concert. Michelle went to the Christian Music Festival with Mario and Mariela for the third and last day. It is so good to see her move around. One reason for the slow growth in receiving children is the law states that we must have one…

The chef that fixed a great meal for us is also a concert pianist. He played hymns for us and Dottie just looked as though she was thinking of the past. When she was a teenager she would accompany her older brother as he preached and she played…