Trees fell on the electrical lines in San Lucas and all of the surrounding villages were without electricity for over 12 hours. I worried and prayed about the water because we run it on a generator when the electricity is off. Oscar did a great job and we…

The Lord has blessed me so much all of my years as a Christian. It is incredible how good our Lord Jesus is to His children. We have a team from Tennessee here so I gave my testimony to them. We need full time dorm parents for a…

Today I preached on "God wants us to pray". We are to pray with faith, relentlessly, in the Name of Jesus, in community, with reliance, continually, boldly and in accordance to His will. The rains are almost daily. Today was very quiet as Sundays usually are. It is…

The teenage girls went to Adam's home where they were blessed. We have two couples here for a short period of time. God's original design was for families to be fruitful and multiply. (Genesis 1:28) This is why Satan fights so hard to abort children. Children are a…

Hector and Beatriz left yesterday after living in the baby dorm the last few months. We will miss them. If you want to come and stay a month or more and assist in a dorm we would truly appreciate it. Adela took Michelle to the neurologist at 4m…

Dottie and I went shopping. We do not do that very often alone. What can we do for those who are hurting? First we need to bite our tongue. Remember Job's friends? They needed to shut their mouths but didn't. We need to open our eyes and ears.…

The Lord sent us a new dentist for her internship. Her name is Marta. We will purchase the appliances, etc for the dialysis ministry and we will need plumbers, carpenters, seamstress and welders to prepare the building. This is the Anthony House. We are getting close Folks! We…

We are back to normal Last week was school vacation and Monday was another holiday but now we are back to our normal routine. As I celebrate the Fourth of July I can only think that separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and…

Hector and Beatriz have been here many weeks helping in the baby dorm. The will be returning home this week. They have been a blessing. Ted and Lori are here for three months watching over Esperanza up. Having couples come like this is such a blessing to the…

The older young people leave either Saturday or Sunday after church and go to either San Bartolome' or San Lucas shopping and eating out. I peached the 10 ways to study God's Word. They are Read It, Listen to It, Learn to study It, Memorize It, Meditate on…

Our dentist, Otto, finished his one year internship so we will await another dentist from the dental college. We received bad news today when a judge told us that they have been instructed to exhaust all means to place a child with someone in their family and not…

I gave my testimony to the Memphis team. Dottie is awaiting laboratory results from her medical appointment yesterday. We are blessed to have a dialysis nutritionist, Jennifer, on the team. She is a writer also and has spent time with Aroldo to see how she can help. The…

Adam came by with a team to play with the children for a while. Dottie had a medical appointment and checkup. The team had pizza for the university students Wednesday night. Thursday they had pretzels with older teens; crafts with the youngest.

This is midterm so the children have the week off. I went to the neurologist yesterday. It was a good report. Just getting old! Josue, Estella, their family and Mike F. arrived Monday night. Riveroaks had a glow in the dark night with the girls. The baby dorm…

LSU won the Baseball National Championship and is the first university to win the Baseball and Basketball National Championships in the same year. We celebrated with breakfast. Now on to football! One team had water balloons with the toddlers; craft with Estrelitas and games and pizza with the…

The rest of the Memphis team arrived. I have been feeling bad for 3 months so today our doctor took both Dottie and myself to have a massage. I hope it helps. One team went to an outreach with Hilmar and the other went to Antigua. Our math…

The team had cheese and nachos with the Doncilla's girls and a special dinner with the university girls. Another group had crafts with the toddlers and bingo with the older boys. There is a dentist with one team so more of our children are receiving dental care. Duke…

The Texas team had a movie and popcorn for the older boys. The Oklahoma team gave gifts to Esperanza girls. Cristi & Carrie had a movie with the younger boys & crafts with the younger girls. We continue to have heavy rain. Even though I am nearly 80…

The Texas team had a movie and popcorn for the older boys. The Oklahoma team gave gifts to Esperanza girls. Cristi & Carrie had a movie with the younger boys & crafts with the younger girls. We continue to have heavy rain. Even though I am nearly 80…

Michelle had a medical examination so Adela took her to the hospital in Guatemala City. A team from Oklahoma arrived Tuesday. We received two new children which is a special deal as we have not had but 4 new children this month. Pray that God will increase our…