Yesterday was Mother´s day so several of the female staff celebrated with Dottie and many children celebrated with their dorm mothers. Also it was visiting day and the children who had visits from their parents were able to celebrate with their them. We received such terrible news. The…

Inflation hits Casa. Our electric bill rose $1200 this past month. Everything is higher. We had a great birthday party for Arya yesterday. Josiah and Jessica Gomez arrived and will live and help in the baby dorm.

Today was our granddaughter, Arya´s first birthday so Tony and Lily had us over to celebrate with a meal and cake. Gaby is no longer critical but will be confined to her bed. She will probably be able to go home later this week but will have much…

Lunch Angie left today and wants to return in January for the school year. Dottie chose the colors for the new addition to our house. I have been preaching for 4 weeks out of Psalm 51 and have at least 3 more lessons. This is my favorite Psalm,…

Billy Graham said, ¨God gave us two hands. One to receive with and one to give with¨. Dottie has gotten so weak. She needs our prayers. She has always been stronger than me but that is now reversed. Gaby is very weak but doing fair. She needs a…

Many of you know that Genesis was our first child to get a kidney transplant and she has done well for over 12 years. I just received a call that her younger sister, Gaby, is in the hospital with kidney failure and it is critical. They tried to…

I walked over to the lunch hall to see the children at breakfast. And every time I do that and look at the children, I am overcome with a deep joy that God chose me 35 years ago to come to Guatemala with the sole purpose of loving…

I was so blessed yesterday as a new 16 year old girl who has been here only a couple of months went to court and the judge asked her if she wanted to go home. Her answer was, ¨No, because I have never been loved like I am…

Candida who is nearing her nursing degree was working in a village yesterday when her telephone was stolen. You may remember that when she was 10 years old, she told me all she wanted for Christmas was for us to adopt her. She has been like a daughter…

Wednesday is the Day of the Worker so our staff has a holiday. The next day is Day of the Social Worker so we will have fewer social workers that day. Dottie has not been sleeping well and she is so very weak. The government is making us…

Keyser was returned to Casa after gaining only one pound. The doctors say there is no hope. His father was to stay with him for a month but he stayed 2 days and abandoned Keyser causing more pain. Although he is slowly dying, we will keep him as…

Last night´s service was one of the best I had in Guatemala. 90% of the children in the congregation stood to receive something special from God. Today the seniors enter a new phase of education as they will begin student practice in a business outside of Casa. They…

Parent´s visit was today so church service was in the evening. Dottie had such a blessed birthday as she was recognized as ¨Mami and received notes and drawings from the kids. I preached out of Psalm 51 for the third straight Sunday. Old age is just as important…

Birthday breakfast The 27th is Dottie´s birthday so we had another party with those in our home as well as a few other young people. There was a terrible bus wreck down the road where 3 died and many seriously injured. My favorite scripture is Micah 7:8 ¨Rejoice…

A beautiful 81 year old. Keyser is not gaining weight(critical), Eduardo is suffering with his dialysis portal and Daniel needs two more weeks in the hospital. The Casa women took Dottie to breakfast for her birthday and Tony and Lily took her for a late lunch. Saturday…

Oscar and Tatiana took us to the cardiologist appointment. She is a nurse and the doctor spoke no English, so we wanted to be sure we understood. Dottie has a heart arrhythmia that is controlled by medication. The largest government hospital arrested a number of nurses for stealing…

Dottie and I are surely ready for her cardiologist appointment Thursday afternoon. She has more good times then bad. We had a conference call with the board. The seniors are taking final exams as they will soon begin their 3 months working at a business outside of Casa…

We need to have one eye on the Word of God and another on what is happening in Israel. God says that every nation in the world will turn their back on Israel in the latter days. We are seeing it coming to pass in our lifetime. Our…

We hired another psychologist so now we are legal and can apply for accreditation. I slept for hours and this morning I was a little dizzy but not enough to keep me in bed. Out of difficulties come miracles. As you well know the world needs miracles.

Dottie went to church for the first time in a month and the first time I stand to sing I nearly passed out. When I stood, I preached from a chair. Two boys caught me and I stood to preach. I was carried home and slept for hours.…