Dottie’s brother, Jim, as president of the Downtown Fayetteville Rotary Club raised the money to equip the kitchen & dining hall as well as equip the largest dorm & finally computers for the school over a period of 20 years. He loved Casa. We did get tickets so…

Dottie’s brother, Jim, died this morning. Pray that we can get tickets to Fayetteville because Linda wants me to do the service. We dedicated Oscar VI’s son Michael. The Alabama team provided VBS for the boys from Vencedores and Cometos and a second VBS for the younger girls.…

The Alabama team had a block party for the baby dorm. A team from Springdale, Arkansas arrived. The teams made bracelets and puff balls with the girls. Movie & popcorn for the younger children. Cupcakes and crafts for the teenage girls in Esperanza down. A large group from…

Alabama team arrived & has goodie bags for Vencedores tonight.  Tn #1 had s’mores for with Esperanza. Tn #2 had cupcakes and crafts with Doncillas. The teams painted. I am already bored in retirement so I am attempting to write a book as so many people have asked…

Today the elementary school had a basketball and soccer tournaments for both boys and girls. One Tennessee team pizza, s’more & puppets & line dance for various dorms. When we arrived at Tapachula, Mexico which is near the Guatemalan border I dropped Dottie and the children at…

The Tennessee team painted and then served s’mores to three dorms. Another Tennessee team arrived. Gretchen ministered to the older girls. Her lesson was on idols. Dottie, sadly, had the boys cut back her boganvillas that had reached the top of the two story office building because the…

Gretchen hosted a breakfast for Walt & Randi who will be leaving this weekend. Randi will remain in the states with her sons and Walt will return in a few weeks & remain until December 9th: Randi’s constant smile and enthusiasm will be so missed. The Tennessee team took…

Pastor Johnny from Arkansas shared our pulpit and taught the children about salvation. The Texas team had vrafts and pizza with 4 dorms. The Arkansas team had a movie and popcorn with the older children. There is a Tennessee team that arrived Friday. The last morning…

The Texas team had a carnival day for every dorm. The Arkansas team in addition to their jobs today of replacing swings on the playground had a men’s ministry meeting for all of guys. Doug gave a great lesson. The NC team had a talent show contest.Busy day!…

I did not realize just how tired I was. It has been a pressure filled week so we did very little today. Dottie got a pedicure and I read. The teams built miniature kitchens for the little girls to play with. The Arkansas team is preparing dinner for…

I am still on a high from how kind and loving the children and staff were to Dottie and me. We were also blessed with two nights in a hotel in the city. I do not feel any older although the visitors looked at the old pictures the…

We were taken to breakfast and then to lunch where we were presented with a beautiful hollow cross that had 5800 pebbles representing the number of children who have come to Casa. We began the transition service with our board chairman, Thom Spignor who gave a charge to…

My last day! Josue and I went to the city to do some business. One team prayed for every house and office on the property. The laundry room in the baby dorm got painted. Johnny installed lights by the boy’s dorms. Some of the women cleaned Casa de…

We have many visitors right now but there is much to keep them busy. Tonight the Woodlands women will host a “Getting to know you” time with the older girls from Doncillas and the university girls. Brandi and Gretchen are working with Cristina so they can all be ready…

Duke is making metal bars around our butane tanks. Tonight we have a large team from The Woodlands, Tx team arrived and the North Carolina team 6 hours earlier. It has been raining off and on all day so the outside painting projects are going very slow. We…