Mike Clark's Daily Blog
All Things
Change Wed Oct 7 to Wed Sept 30 for Glad Tidings Assembly in Lake Charles, La. We dedicated Augustine & Dania's baby Brittany, this morning. Saraland Al and a team from Oklahoma arrived today. We have had such heavy rains three days so the greenery is beautiful and…
Decisions
The Louisiana and North Carolina teams are leaving Sunday morning and a Mobile, Al team is arriving this afternoon. We are slowly trying to get everything needed for the new accreditation papers so Tim, Jacob and I went through papers in he office. It sill take Gladys &…
Vision
Michelle, Tatiana & Oscar wo attended special education in Antigua went to the zoo today. The Social Security Administration’s leader as well as 13 others were arrested and another 17 in the Health Department. It is an election year. The charges are financial corruption. We spent a long…
Commitment
One child with fetal-alcohol syndrome has been really emotionally upset for a while. She bites, kicks & screams & the only thing that helps is to hold her tight & love her until she is calm. The children are taking semester exams. Received 4 children ages 2, 4,…
Conquer
I stayed busy all day but cannot remember all I did. Now that is bad!! We did receive a new teenage girl. Chad worked for hours on a clogged pipe. This is the same one running from the baby dorm to the main drain. Over the years we…
The Baby is Here
Chad & Abbie had a 7 pound 4 ounce baby girl last night. Mother & baby are fine. Abbie actually pushed ONE time and the baby came. Dr Lou and his team of specialists from the kidney clinic in Guatemala City came & did a great job of…
Not a good day
The investigator decided he did not want to fool with our case so it ill go to trial. The Word says that lies endure for a moment and the truth endures forever. Pray that for us please. Add Mignon Baptist in Sylacauga, Alabama 10:15am Sunday, September 27th. Also…
Weak sermon
Today I preached one of the weakest sermons ever. I can admit it-no pride. My back pain has increased. Josue' made it to the states where Les picked him up. He will present the Telemedicine program to a group in Orlando. A team arrived from N. Carolina. As…
What are you thinking?
Our lives today are the result of our thinking yesterday. The way I think today will affect who I am tomorrow. This morning I left early & parked my car & wrote down the 24 things that are causing me mental heaviness today. I proceeded then to walk…
Family Day
Billy, school administrator, decided that rather than have a Mother's Day program he would have a Family Day program. It was very successful. John & Sharon Harvey worked with us over 20 years ago and then have had a wonderful ministry for years n Chichicastenango. Due to health…
Faith is not knowing about God but knowing Him
The trade school classes presented their products & program to all of the old children today and it was very impressive. Add Macedonia Baptist Church in Effie, La. on Sunday, October 4th at 10am & 11am to our schedule. The vice-president of Guatemala resigned under accusations of corruption.…
Have you ever ‘blown it’?
The arrival of Jorge' into the dialysis house has been highly expected. First thing he said was could he have a bean sandwich. So now there are 11 children here, three with transplants & 8 on dialysis. Three more children came today & the two little girls were…
Admission
Dr Miguel came out & treated a number of children. Being a trauma surgeon he worked at a pace that left our staff jaw-dropped. I spoke with all of the children about boy/girl relationships & we are instituting new rules concerning ages, etc. They all seemed to understand…
Fear not
Ever-so-often I have to remove an employee for lack of production. Two were removed in December & we received notice today they were suing me. I cannot count the number of times this has happened. It matters not the reason an employee is released. The government simply supports the…
Anxiety
The children from dialysis came & presented Dottie with one beautiful pink rose for Mother's Day. An awesome moment! Then the baby dorm followed by other dorms cmd with flowers, etc. Dottie & I will be in Patterson & Bunkie,La. Sunday September 13th and in Summerville & Collierville,…
Casting cares
Gigi is visiting & took the baby dorm children to the circus yesterday and the older girls to the water park today. I spent a couple of hours in the Christmas bodega boxing gifts. The acute care center is coming along quickly. I Peter 5:7 " Casting all…
Covet
We received another little girl so that is 5 new small children this week. Chad & the other Americans are repairing and adding beds for the baby dorm. Oops! Just received 3 girls & a boy. The police raided two hotels in the city & rescued 55 children.…
Liars
The staff was given a seminar today on the use of fire extinguishers. I think they enjoyed the flames & the power to douse them. Monday we will receive a 6 year old child on dialysis. He is Jorge' & from a village in Quiche'. Isn't it just…
Do not steal
We received a little boy and a young girl (no kin) who were both horribly abuse. Bob built Josue' a work station for Telemedicine & the x-ray development & printer equipment. Tim & Patty's son, Michael, broke his arm. So now 3 of the 5 family members are…
Nicaragua
The government sent a teen girl to the border of Nicaragua to meet her father. She has been here a while so this will be difficult for her. She was taken from her father by other family members. We can only pray that Jesus will protect her. Are…