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Chickens
Ironically after a year we had so many children we had to move again & this time we literally moved to a chicken farm. It had a mansion with 7 large bedrooms & 6 bathrooms. The first night there the communist came with guns & stuck them in…
San Cristobal
We left the roof top and moved to San Cristobal and soon children started coming. Alex, Manolo’s family, Angelina’s family and more. The US Embassy chose us to distribute beans and rice by the ton. Our home became the center of activity for the area. After one year…
First blessing
One night there was a gunfight on the roof next to us. One man was shot & the shooter jumped on our roof. It was time to move. A few days later a man from Poaquil came by driving a bus. He was holding a baby boy. The…
The first day
It took most of the day to get to Guatemala City. We stayed in a little hotel and when we awoke we drove to a small church between the national cemetery filled with buzzards and next to the largest trash dump in the country. I had preached at…
Junior
Junior, age 9, died today in the hospital from cancer. Contacting the family and government; getting the plot and casket and then the funeral are things we have done too often. His mother died 3 weeks ago.
Not a man of faith
Not a man of faith! We arrived in Tapachula and I checked Dottie & the kids into a hotel and I drove to the Guatemalan border. There were hundreds of people coming across the river in every means possible. I thought “Oh Lord, what have I done? I…
The Card
Someone told me that if you do not know Spanish when you go through Mexico write on a 5x8 card “Yo no hablo Espanol and give it to cops, army, etc. When we got to the border of Mexico we all had to go in with our passports.…
The first
My first visit to Guatemala was 1988. Everywhere we went we saw children living in the streets. I cried the entire week. I told God I wanted to help but I told Him I had no money, no land, could not talk Spanish as well as half a…
Jacobo
I am having so much trouble with my updates. Since we added Josue daily my page is just crazy. It will not save and if I try to save it immediately goes on air. Jacobo is a great young man studying to be a dentist. He works with…
Esvin and Flor
The last of the 4 siblings is Esvin married to Flor. They have 2 children. They were house parents with the younger teen girls. They both were teachers in our school. Debbie told me that she has bags and bags of Christmas gifts and birthday gifts for the…
Mario and Mariella
If you keep up with our updates you know strange things are going on & updates are coming to you on the wrong dates and even the wrong number. I am working with Mike Ferguson to fix it. Fernado’s brother is Mario and married to Mariella. They have…
Fernando and Anna Magalie
The Lord blessed us with 4 children over 20 years ago. The oldest was Fernando and he went on to college, marry Anna and have two children They are house parents to the Junior High girls. He has his own tech company and is buying a home. It…
Gladys
My computer did not work Friday morning so forgive me. We received two new children arrived. For many years one girl has blessed me tremendously. Her name is Gladys. She was so abused by her parents she actually was thrown out of her home when she was 8.…
Alex and Sara
One of the first children to come to Casa was Alex back in 1989. Later Sara and her sisters. Years later they married and have 4 children and are dorm parents to older boys. Sara’s sister Geneis had kidney and one to the sisters donated a kidney and the was…
Meet Heydy Prado – Children’s Psychiatrist
Health difficulties have shown me the infinite love of God because I have been healed from an incurable disease – impossible for man but completely possible for the Great I Am. This experience changed my whole story because it made me grateful, taught me to live only in…
Announcement – New Blog Category – Campus Life Update
Hello everyone, and happy Wednesday. This post comes from our media team led by Marlin and Josue - and several other folks here at Casa and in the States. You may recall announcements early in 2020 about plans to communicate with you more, and in particular, our plan…
Oscar
Little did we know when we received Josue that a few years later we would also receive his elder, Oscar.Oscar is very spiritual and as dorm parent to the university boys he ministers to them. Not only did he graduate as an architect he returned to college for…
Minor Orlando
Twenty five years ago the Lord brought us a little two year old who was lame. The doctors said he would always be like that. But one of our girls just took over & in 3 months he was walking, sitting up and havng a ball. He as…
Billy and Olga
Jim preached this morning. He has done a great job with the Bible ministry to a number of dorms. Billy and Olga have been at Casa for years and have a beautiful daughter. Olga watches over the transition home and Billy has, He is director for all education…
Eddy
As I get older my memories of the past 32 years seem to pop into my mind. Eddy was a boy who graduated high school and wanted to go to collage. It proved difficult so he took a job stocking shelves. He was fired unjustly. But the local…