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Ketser´s needs

Keyser´s family has walls 6´high, water once a month, dirt floor, no sanitation and the list continues. If you want to help, just send us an offering marked ¨Keyser¨. A team from Texas arrived today. We did not have water in our house, so it took 5 of…

8 month old

Daughter in law and my grandkids We received an 8-month-old last night. One of the older boys broke his arm in the dancing competition. That is serious dancing. My sister in Opelousas is not doing well & needs our prayers. I haven´t seen her in nearly a year.…

Aroldo and Gladys

Very difficult news today as Keyser is turning 18 this year and the courts want to send him home. His kidney is functioning at 50%. His transplant is losing strength. Due to his age, he can no longer be treated by Dr. Lou. Another thing is that Keyser…

Michelle´s exam

Washing our feet at the anniversary service As we begin another month I must give thanks to the Lord for the children and staff as with all the changes everyone is trying so hard to make things work well. The results of Michelle´s examination was not too bad.…

Michelle´s exam

Adela and Tatiana left at 4am to take Michelle for an examination due to her eyesight growing weaker and her seizures getting more frequent and stronger. I pray for Michelle and the dialysis patients because Christ is the great physician. There is no disease He cannot heal; no…

Banking problem

A harrowing day. I was locked out of my bank account, and we must pay salaries, college tuition as well as our normal bills. Mike F. could not transfer funds from the USA. I It took a couple of hours, but we were able to fix it. Praise…

I am so tired

I got up exercised, prepared my Sunday sermon, read my Bible, taught my BIble class, and then laid down as I have not slept well the last two nights. Some of our office staff in the jungles

Karina

Jim took another group of teens to the Concert this morning. I preached on the abundances of God such as an abundance of grace, mercy, abundant life, peace, joy, goodness, and prayers answered abundantly. We dedicated two babies of Karina and Keny. Both girls were raised here. Lilian…

EDUARDO

Our office staff, psychologists, social workers, medical staff, and dialysis left Friday night and drove to Coban for the weekend. It is about a 10-hour drive to the Mayan pyramids. The two teams spent the weekend playing and blessing the children. Jim took some teens to a concert…

Michelle

Michelle, special child, is 30 years old The Maryland team went on an outreach. They then had a special time with the older girls and boys in the evening. They have worked hard. I have radio teachings on KAJN until August 2025. Dottie and I drove downtown on…

Thank you

Estella and jessica with Dottie and I. I want to thank all of you who financially support Casa. The Lord blessed us and we have continued to have support through all the covid years etc. Today we were asked to receive three sisters ages 3, 5 and 7…

Problems yesterday

Happy anniversary I cried so the baby would stop crying. The following is a repeat from yesterday that did not publish. Our boys were playing soccer, and the Maryland team went to watch and one of the players had a heart attack and died. Three members of the…

Children

We are so blessed I want to thank all of you who financially support Casa. The Lord blessed us and we have continued to have support through all the covid years etc. Today the courts called and to send us three sisters ages 3, 5,7 years of age.…

Death

Our boys were playing soccer and the Maryland team went to watch and one of the players had a heart attack and died. Three members of the team had medical backgrounds and tried to save him. Estella and Jessica worked on items for the board as well as…

35th Celebration

We had a very special day celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of Casa. They asked me to share with the children how God brought us to Guatemala and that always is a blessing because I get to brag on the Lord. David Beam came by with…

God rewarded Heidy

Heidy has been here for years. She graduated from college and for the last 4 years has been our purchaser. All food and supplies she has ordered and done a wonderful job. So much so that a major business hired her to be their purchasing agent. She will…

Visitors

Jorge was our first child given to us by the courts. He is also the one who convinced me to build churches. He died at age 22. Our nephew, Matt, and his wife arrived with our board members and Rick and his wife. I have not seen Matt…

Sweet Dreams

I woke up feeling very weak so I decided to have a ¨me¨day. I read my Bible for a couple of hours then I listened to Christian Biographies beginning with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Dottie went with Heidy and Adela to buy groceries. Ted and Lori are here and Jessica…

A Crippled Hand

The man who led me to Christ and birthed this ministry. My father-in-law. JW Buckner. A 2-month-old baby was abandoned on the Mexican border and he has a crippled hand. The authorities believe it was deliberately injured by the mother. The authorities believe his mother was traveling to…

Busy season

Can you guess who this 10th grader is? The team is staying busy and another large team is arriving Friday. Sunday we are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the birth of Casa. The board will be here and there are special words by some of the older children…