Mike Ferguson worked diligently to correct the problems with our updates. It should all be correct today. The mayor of our village has invited all of our children under 18 years of age to a play day at the park. They will send policemen to escort our children…

Oswald Chambers said, "We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on our Difficulties". The older children who we let visit family for a week began returning and we had only one girl testing positive to COVID-19. Bob returned from the USA.

When Aroldo went to Columbia he discovered that there are no homes for children on dialysis. We are so blessed and have been praying that one day we will have the money for equipment and staff so we can use our facility for more children who will die…

Half of the older children went home for a week. When they return they will have to have had a swab test. They will then quarantine 3 days. Walmart sent gifts for the children. Josue, Ange and Heidy washing dishes

The Guatemala school year begins in February and as of now the Department of Education is saying some parts of the country will have in school classes while others will be on-line. We currently fall into the on line area due to the number of Covid-19 cases this…

Sending the daily update still did not work today. Mike Ferguson is trying to solve the problem. Fox News interviewed the President of Guatemala about the immigration and he said that the Cayotes(gangs, etc.) earn $4 billion a year. Drugs are the #1 problem for the gangs crossing…

Walmart gifts Walmart had Minor take photos of the children holding their gifts but we had to make sure no gift was opened because we will give them out on Christmas Day. As we enter the last month of 2021 my mind thought of Deuteronomy 7:9 - "Know…

The girls in Doncillas, older teen girls, made all kinds of Christmas decorations from items found around the campus like pine cones, light bulbs, etc. Heidy is working with the younger children on special music. It has been a few weeks without new cases of COVID-19 so only…

Half of the 18 year olds and over will be allowed to visit family for a week and then the rest of that age group will go next week. They are stir crazy and need a break. They will have to get the swab for Covid when they…

Everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with us and we had great fellowship talking about the blessings of God. One of the things Christine mentioned was that we would have had between 1000 and 2000 visitors the last two years and even with them not coming we were blessed financially…

At the end of this month we will need house parents for Vencedores which are the boys ages 12-15. We thought we had a few months more but Ezdras says they will finish the month. This requires much prayer immediately. He also the praise leader. Brenda is having…

Angie had her special meal for the seniors as she has done for many years. We will miss her when she takes off for the next school year. I am grateful for her 17 years of helping Casa and I look forward to her turn or the 2023…

Josue's birthday The United Nations announced that lack of food is an epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean with Guatemala leading with 50% of our population suffering from food shortages. In all the two areas have the number of people at 13,800,000 living in hunger. Remember to…

I shared with you about Kevin who received his dialysis technician 2 years ago. Well, he has left our transition ministry and has a job at the hospital. He has his own apartment so we are very proud of him. Kate will teach English this school year since…

The Word of God says in I Chronicles 16:34. "Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good and His love endures forever". God's love is the only thing that will last forever. Even though the world is in turmoil we Christians have so much to be thankful…

The Lord blessed us with three new children at midnight. They will quarantine for a few days. Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him. Dottie and I in 1963 wanted to have a large family but our first three children all died…

As you may remember I asked people who have special needs to send them to me and I will pray over those needs with Dottie. We have received 9 pages of requests and I thought that some of you could simply agree with us daily. You do not…

The main newspaper in Guatemala had Kevin's picture on the front page of him with one of our dialysis children as he is receiving the Covid vaccine. Kevin has been here many years and works as both a dialysis technician and nurse in Roosevelt Hospital. Louisiana is last…

This Covid situation is truly affecting our older children as studying college courses on line has proven so difficult. We had a second young person make the decision to return home to their family and work in the public market. It breaks my heart. Aroldo returned from his…

Josue', Estella and their children left this morning. They were able to do projects with each dorm while they were here. That was a real blessing since Covid has prevented teams from coming. The weather continues to be cold. So strange! Our older girls have finished a program…