Gymnastic team God loves each of us as though there were only one of us. If there were only one person willing to trust Jesus He would have gone to the cross for that one person. Tonight we had our staff meeting to hear the Word and pray.…

Today is Independence Day so it is a holiday for our staff and no school for the children. A tradition is that the eve of Independence Day is runners carry torches and run throughout the country. I have made radio tapes going well into 2025. Independence Day is…

Today was the third and final day of the celebration of Guatemala's independence and the top student in every class was honored. Traditional Mayan dances were performed. We are renovating dorms so we are awaiting bids. Most of our dorms are over 25 years of age. We need…

The school continues with the celebration for Independence week. Today each class presented a display of Guatemalan foods and when finished gave with the description of which food belonged to which group of Mayans. Then they ate the food. The school also had gymnastic presentation by each grade.…

Josue and I had to meet our lawyer in the city to sign papers. Today is the beginning of Guatemala Independence week. Every class and many individuals performed. A king and queen in primary, junior high and high school were chosen. There were girls dressed in different Mayan…

Debbie just called me(7pm)to inform me that Lori's husband has passed away. Lori is Debbie's daughter and has worked for Casa for years. They also adopted a child from Casa years ago. I cannot believe how fast the time is passing. We have not gotten any inquires from…

Today is the anniversary of 9/11/2001. Dottie and I were in Gulfport where we had preached the night before. We went to a Walmart just in time to see the second airplane to crash into the second tower. It changed the world forever. There wasn't any rain last…

Dottie began going through the material and the dresses for the quinceanera girls. These are the 15 year olds. So I decided to choose my suit and I cannot fit into any I have. It is diet time. Heidy, the American, has begun music classes. Donna continues to…

Rudy and Heidi are a couple and they will finish all their collage classes and then will only have their thesis to complete next year. I wish I would have counted how many collage graduates we have seen over the years. God has blessed me so much. The…

This will be the third year that we will not be able to take the 15 year olds to the hotel to celebrate. So Gladys and I have decided that we will take the girls from 2020, 2021 and 2022 for a day out. We will eat out…

Sara Ortiz graduated from the university as a graphic designer. She has lived in the transition house for more than two years. Billy and Olga taught her everything she will need to know in order to succeed. She has a job and a bank account. She is 28…

A group of Korean doctors came to visit and offer their assistance. They have been here many times and their leader has been helpful to Casa for 31 years. Three of them are optometrists so we will set up a time for them to return. Enough of the…

Saturday there was another huge landslide preventing traffic coming up and going down the mountain nine kilometers from Casa. This will be terrible for Aroldo from getting his dialysis children to their dialysis treatments. We received 5 new children last night. The staff had lunch together and it…

Dottie and I left the gathering at 10:30pm and woke up to find out that the older teens and some staff stayed until 0ne PM. That has not happened in five years or more. For a Christian parent there is nothing more of a blessing than to know…

Even though the rain was as heavy as I have seen Friday night was wonderful as all of the dorms participated. There were a total of fifty presentations. There was singing, skits, dancing, prayers for one another, praise and Josue' preached on Trusting God. The house parents did…

Tara and Sara gave snacks to all of the girls from the baby dorm to collage girls. Our transition ministry is doing well. We have 6 girls and 3 boys who are in college or working and/or going to collage. Billy and Olga oversee this program. These young…

We have finally gotten permission to no longer require the wearing of masks on campus. Josue' is having to get a new visa as he will travel to the states to meet with some of our board and make decisions for the new year. It is still raining…

We are all praying that the judges and government will allow Baby Moses to remain here at Casa. I want to give God praise for how we are finishing August with all our bills paid and no serious problems with Covid. I know that everyone is suffering and…

I am going to drive you crazy because I will remind you often we need a staff member to teach Bible in the school. Jim has been awesome and his teaching will be missed. And, of course, we need a person or persons who can schedule teams, transportation…

The baby is so small and precious. He will stay with Alan and Brenda. One teenager came to my house to receive Christ.