Mike Clark's Daily Blog
Decisions 1a
Sindy II began bleeding in her catheter and is back in the hospital. I bought 50 mattresses today as we are expanding the number of beds. God has made all men equal in that he has given every man the freedom of choice. A comedian…
Monday
This was a wild day. First, at 4:15am we took one of the ladies from Lake Charles to the airport as her mother-in-law had a stroke. She was blessed to be able to get a seat on the flight to Houston. However, the weather rolled in & the…
Sunday
I was able to preach an entire sermon without having to sit so I am improving. Some of the kids took an offering on their own to help in dialysis. I am proud of them.
Sindy II
Aroldo told me that Sindy who arrived yesterday was sexually abused by her father and the last words the mother spoke to her were "you are useless. I hope you die". Can you imagine a child having to suffer such horror? There is a team from Glad Tidings…
1 + 1 = 1 (#6)
Sindy II arrived today to begin dialysis and I was called today about another 11 year old, Ofalia, who also needs dialysis. The madison, Al team is building a storage room for Dottie so we can open up the second part of the dialysis addition for more dialysis…
1 + 1 = 1 (#5)
Karen had her catheter removed today & will return Saturday. Sindy #2 is coming on Friday morning. So our dialysis family continues to grow. If you want us when we are in the states here is where we will be. Sept 7th in Patterson La with that night…
1 + 1 = 1 (#4)
Kersey's cosmetology school came with a bus load of students and they did hair and nails for every child on campus. Oscar had his thesis approved so he has finished college and will graduate in August. Gladys & Josue are looking after Jim's dorm while they are…
1 + 1 = 1(#3)
All of the dialysis children had their cardiological exams & Wendy has grown more serious. Her heart continues to enlarge. We were blessed to get two more children today. Spirit, Soul and Body make up man and make a marriage successful. We have spoken about the body…
1 + 1 = 1 (#2)
Today was the worst day that I have had since surgery. However it is not pain. It is just an absolute lack of strength. I am exhausted & cannot tell why. The pain is lessening each day. As we began yesterday I shared that God has made…
1 + 1 = 1
Pastor Andy from The Woodlands Methodist church in the Woodlands, Texas shared with the children this morning. Josue and I worked on his thesis presentation which should be presented to his faculty this week. The family as God intended for it to be has fallen by the…
Sat
I am sorry to not be able to write a lesson. Today was a very rough day. We had visitors with Jessica and her pastor from The Woodlands. A team arrived from Mobile. I made another 10 radio shows so I am just very tired. I appreciate your…
Teachable
We worked on Josue's thesis for the university and he is nearing his second degree. Then I made radio shows but it took Tony and Mynor to be able to download them. David was a man after God's heart and one of the obvious truths of David's…
Honey #5
The medical team finished today and they saw hundreds of patients. It appears that we will have a long term relationship with them. Monday they saw 402 patients; Tuesday 416; Wednesday 253 & Thursday 253. That is a total of 1324 patients. Have you burned out?…
Honey #4
PROGRAF!!! Now that Karen is here following her kidney transplant we will have to purchase PROGRAF (1 mg) which is a medication that fights the rejection of the new kidney. Any pharmacist who can help us get this at a lower rate would be a God-send to…
Honey #3
There are 30 EMPTY suitcases in Fayetteville, Ark and we need for them to get to Debbie in Lake Charles, La. If there is anyone who can do tho for us it will help us get items for the children to Guatemala with the summer teams. …
Honey 2
The medical teams are looking at EVERY child on the property. Even before they began this morning there were 3 new children sent to us. Each of our ladies will be responsible for lunch each day for the 31 medical folks (Americans). There are also another 50…
Honey 1
I preached Sunday morning and am paying for it big time. A number of children gave their lives to Christ so I did the right thing in preaching but recovery may be a day or two. Alex, our 7th child in 1989, who is married to Sarah and…
Three weeks
It has been 3 weeks since my surgery & I finally feel as though my strength is slowly returning. The throbing, massive, cannot sleep type of pain has slowly been easing up. We have a large group of physicians, dentists & optometrists here to check our children…
More children
My surgeon came to see me at 7am--Can you believe he does house calls? He is pleased with my progress. He said that I need to start moving around outside more. Don't lift anything or get stressed (ha!) but walk around. So Dottie drove me to the bank.…
Karen is alive!
Karen had a transplant 3 months ago because her sister loved her. She is living with us now because her entire family loves her. They live in squalor not because they are bad but because they are poor. For $300 to $500 a month we can give her…