Mike Clark's Daily Blog
Old age #2
Billy and Olga took their dorm of older girls to a sports complex to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The Vencedores boys (60 of them) laid hands and prayed for me this morning. Various size teams arrived from Texas, Alabama and North Carolina arrived. I signed unification on 6…
Old Age #1
I always enjoy sharing with Brother Teddie's teams. The discipleship team of Ezdras, Gladys, Adam and Jim will take 11 boys Saturday and 10 girls Sunday for special discipleship training. Today was a game day at the school since they finished 3rd semester finals yesterday. Our Korean friend…
Challenges
Bob is putting the finishing touches on the walls now that the plumbing is there. The second floor is nearly tiled. The challenges that we all face afe impossible to control and handle alone. We need the Lord alongside us as we make this journey through life.…
Family Fued
Dottie will need laser surgery on her eye. We have two social worker interns. Julissa and possibly Brenda will be trained on the mechanical cow. The teams had a program of games and teaching for all of the older children. We received a new 5 year old today.…
The Cow!!
The mechanical cow has arrived! Dottie and I left at 3:30am for her eye appointment because there were peaceful protests and roadblocks beginning at 6am because of the lack of medicine in the government hospitals. Brant and Kendra finished the plumbing in both the new dorm for little…
Poor eyesight
Sebastian will be taking college courses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has finshed his studies in Taxation and now will study Finances. The students here at Casa began their 3rd semester examinations today which will run all week. The Ky, La and Fl teams are getting the dialysis building…
Slow down
We dedicated Talin and Ingrid's second child and prayed for him as he will have surgery tomorrow. The neighbors had a baby who passed away last night. Abraham did not always make the right decisions and at one point even passed his wife, Sarah, as his sister because he…
Creative faith
Teams from Florida and Kentucky are here. Along with our staff and Brant from Louisiana are putting up walls in the 7 bathrooms and installing the plumbing. Some teens have spoken with Ezdras to say they also want to be water baptized so he and Gladys will begin…
hero
A majority of our office staff attended another CNA session for all homes for children. It seems the government wants to stack rules upon rules. In September we make our trip home unfortunately both Gretchen & Brandi will be gone also for 2 to 3 weeks. If you would…
Strength
Doraty finished her internship as a physical therapist so today her boy friend, Ricardo, and all his family came to ask for her hand in marriage. The entire family is Christian. We needed another dialysis machine and the Baxter representative came with it and was just blown away…
accident
I accidently published the lesson early so this is just the information of the day. Gladys helped me with the power point we will use in September. Gretchen says that God has called her to Casa long term which is a blessing to all of us. She has…
Love enough
Three of our graduates are in line for academic scholarships for San Carlos University. The workers have begun tiling the second floor of the dialysis building. Victor and Celia left for the states today. My grandson Robert begins college today. Elisas & Andrea finished first in mathematics at…
Continue in the faith
Olossians 1:23 says, "If you continue in the faith". Perseverance is what God expects and desires of us. The race is set before us the day of our salvation. The race for some is to be a pastor, evangelist, Sunday school teacher, housewife, business person, politician,…
Put up your sword
My sister, Virginia, lives in Baton Rouge and 3 of my daughters live in Lafayette, La. So the shooting in the theater where one of my daugthers and her hildren were when a gunman killed 2 people. And now the murders of police officers are hitting close to…
He never asked…
My time with Vencedores is helping me to bond with them. I have missed having time with the children. Andreas and Estella brought baby Natasha to visit her sponsor a well as spend the night with us. Mark 12:29-31 " Love your neighbor as yourself". Jesus does…
Act of love, act of worship
CNA dropped by to see a child and the physician on their team said that he had never seen our office and records in such order. That is a complement that only we here can fully understand. I am proud of the team. We still have a ways…
He loves me so I love you
Sindy II began having convulsions so Aroldo took her to the hospital. She is recovering is doing much better. So the is the second dialysis child in 10 days to have convulsions. The wife of Sebastian, the director, is pregnant so another baby is on it’s way to…
Traditions
There were nation-wide highway blockades today due to the fact that there is little medical services and no medicine in the government hospitals. We have a list of equipment to be needed for the dialysis building for those interested. CNA came unannounced but told Sebastian that our filing…
The Difference 1957 and 2016
We received 3 new children and there is another one in the hospital who is burned so will come when released. A New York team arrived and tomorrow a Mississippi group will arrive. The team went to minister outside Casa this morning and then had a program for…
Duh!
With the new laws in the courts we have a shortage of older girls who can fill positions in the baby dorm, kitchen, etc. I am always giving you things to pray about but I believe that is the reason you read these blogs. My birthday was perfect!…