Mike Clark's Daily Blog
From, To, With, Against
One of our college girls was attacked, beaten & raped and was in the hospial over night. She was leaving class when two gang members grabbed her. Without Christ a person is capable of the the cruelest and most vile of all conduct. She is devastated & your prayers…
Black dot
Saturday we allowed family members of the children to visit as we no longer allow children to visit "safe" families during Christmas or Easter holidays. The parents are not happy but it is much less of a problem. The teenage girls from Fayetteville helped entertain the children…
Past Failures
Brandi arrived today as the newest member of our staff. She is a nutritionist & chiropractor. My desire is for her to stay with the university girls. She has the heart and testimony to help them. Billy had the first combined spiritual gathering for the school, teachers &…
An Inside Change
I am slowly recovering from what has been a flu-like condition. Dottie took Josue' & Michelle to buy groceries for dialysis since I was unable to go. Years ago I read a Dennis the Menace cartoon where his mother punished him by making him sit in a…
Second Chance #2
I worked on the finances while other office staff is working on two major reports: the sanitation certification and the CNA report which is permission to operate. Due to Walter's accident we were behind but everyone is working to get it done. Jonah was given a…
Sindy’s birthday
Dottie and I took Sindy out to lunch for her birthday and bought her a little gift. She is 14 now & it only the grace of God she is still alive. Pray daily for our children! There are teams here who are working in many different areas…
The Time Has Come!
Yesterday I felt ill and so I was in bed at 5pm. I awoke at 5am. That is 12 hours and for someone like me who averages LESS than 5 hours of sleep per night that is a load. So although I was feeling poorly I…
Spiritual Amnesia
Nine girls had a birthday meal with cake & ice cream today. Everyone wants to feel as though they are accomplishing something with their lives. They want to feel as though they are successful in what they do. Unfortunantly too often they do not know what…
Mediocre
Oseas & Heidy have purchased their own home. She takes her college finals in one month. He takes his law board exam in June. They are working in a church in Villa Nueva. I am proud of how they have succeeded. Keiser had to have his catheter changed.…
The Best is Yet to Come
Two Tennessee teams are here & I gave the testimony of Casa and could not find a stopping point. God has done so much. Walter, Tim, Sebastian and I met this morning & went over a ten month plan which I will share with all the staff on…
Home again
I returned to a handful of problems & so far none have been too devastating. A couple of sad stories though. We were delayed in Houston because of bad weather so the entire trip was cold and wet. We did have a few items stolen from our suitcases.…
Medial exam
Dottie had a folow-up medical exam and everythig was fine. So we finished packing & visited with our son, Chad. Thursday we will be home by noon. Angelina & Marlin updated many of the photographs of children not on the web and discovered there are 42 children WITHOUT…
Sindy
Sindy is not doing very well. Her blood pressure is so high that they are using 4 different medications to try and control it. She has swollen, retaining water, and is so very weak. She knows the Lord but we pray that God would extend her life.…
Packing
We moved over to Mark & Gina's & began packing for our return to Casa. Wendy is in the hospital as her catheter quit working. We had lunch with our son, Chad. Then visited with our grandchildren & great grandchild. A prinicple to live by is to GIVE…
Bible program
I bought a bible program for my computer and took it to Best Buy to install. Took them all day. I took it to the room and then could not open it. They were of no help at all & I had no computer to update Saturday night.…
Tuscaloosa
We drove most of today leaving when the weather was icy and 18 degrees. As we headed south it warmed up so nice that we went walking in Tuscaloosa. II Chronicles 31:21 "Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result he was successful". I wish that I could…
Frozen (not the movie)
We were unable to leave Athens. It is truly frozen. Wrecks are up and down the Interstate so we hunkered down & will leave when we can. Sue & Kate's group of Arts & Crafts students are doing exellant work & they are so encouraged by the bloomng talent…
Third Load
We left early so we could meet Teddie's niece, Jamie, because of the anticipated bad weather. She took the 3rd load of gifts for the children for Christmas. So the 3 teams from Charlotte, Fayetteville & now Alabama each will bring many bags of gifts. It is a…
An open door
We are so blessed as a plumbing company in the USA is providing the plumbing materials for the hospital and today someone emailed Tim to say they would provide money for the electrical supplies. God has so many kind & generous children. The x-ray machine donated by the…
Nothing is small to God
Mariella (and Mario) had their baby girl. She is EMILY and weighed 5lbs 10 ozs. There is a large team from Southwest Christian School (Texas) at Casa. Four new children arrived with 2 going to the baby dorm and 2 to Lee and Candy. It is a habit now…