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No stroke–just stress

I had a physical today & it appears everything is fine. Then I saw a neurologist & he said heart, lungs etc. were fine but my body is so tensed and stressed. I have another appointment on Monday. He will look deeper. We need a vacation. But that…

What in the world is happening?

Reroofing the baby dorm. The Bible speaks of a ¨Falling away of the Church¨. I wonder if that is what we are seeing in the world and especially America. Church growth has fallen from 73% when I was young to 47% today. Jesus is treated as an unholy…

New addresses and phone numbers

Keyser is hanging on and as always he has a great attitude for a 17 year old who is so ill. Make sure when you receive this newsletter that you look at the new addresses and phone numbers on page one. With us moving the office to Tennessee…

Parents

First batch of computers for college. We need to buy 15 more. Parents visited today so we had Bible in the evening. I preached on ´The pure in heart´. Minor, our son, is getting all of the computers for the college students ready for their first day of…

Analy

Analy is a real blessing for so many years. Yesterday the school had a special time of praise and sharing as they finished up the first week of classes. Analy, one of our first children, works for the government and has done so well since graduating from college.…

Keyser is at home but not out of the woods.

Keyser is back at Casa but not out of the woods. Please pray. He is more comfortable here. What Kelli has written is very good. It is especially good for me to recall and remember what God has done these past 35 years in Guatemala. The team is…

Dottie feels better

The Texas team is working hard in the baby dorm. My speech and balance cleared up yesterday afternoon. Dottie finally felt well enough to go buy groceries. Kelli sent me the first draft of our biography and I added what she needed. It is a lot of work…

Strange feelings

I was giving my testimony to the Texas team when all of a sudden I had an unbelievable head ache and began slurring my words and had trouble walking. I thought I was having a stroke. After Dottie prayed for me I was able to go to sleep…

Critical

Keyser is critical. It appears his body is rejecting the transplanted kidney he received 8 years ago. He truly needs a miracle. A sweeter boy was never born. Ted and Lori arrived with a team of 6 and they will be making changes to the Baby Dorm rooms…

Dr. Claudia

We hired a new physician, and she arrived today: Her name is Claudia Aceituno and she speaks English which will be very useful when we have English speaking visitors. ¨Children´s children are a crown to the aged , and parents are the pride of their children.¨ ¨Honor your…

Relapse

Dottie is not ill but she is so weak and again was unable to get out of bed this morning. She needs your thoughts and prayers. I preached on 3 loves of a disciple of Jesus: Love God, love other Christians, and love the lost. I need so…

Dottie is doing better

Quique´s 25th birthday Yesterday part of the team went on an outreach and the rest of the team played board games with the older boys and girls. The team left for home Saturday morning. Dottie was able to work for a little while with her boys in her…

Quique

Dottie is feeling a little better but now I am down with something. I was able to write the sponsor gifts and monies for the children and get that distributed. Today is Quique´s birthday. He has lived in our house with us since he was a toddler. Think…

Keyser

Keyser in dialysis is ill and hospitalized and needs your prayers. Dottie is feeling much better, but she is still weak. She does not have a disease but is so very weak. The team had water balloon play with a number of dorms and then in the evening…

Antigua

Dottie is doing better. Her walking is labored, and she gets tired very easily. But she is a hard woman to keep down. This is nthe 7th day she feels weak. I taught my daily afternoon class on the theme of abundance. The team went to Antigua. In…

Volleyball

The team is still split in 3 groups to help with the baby dorm, dialysis, and the school. They also had a sewing craft time with the children. Oscar and Tatiana bought lunch and came and ate with us. The new president took office Monday, and everything is…

A busy team

Dottie is still feeling poorly so she is in bed and needing your prayers. The team split into three groups with one group helping in the baby dorm: second group in the school and the third group in the dialysis building. These are all studying Spanish in the…

Dottie´s Health

Dottie is ill this morning. In fact, we missed our grandson´s birthday party. I preached this morning on ¨The Bible is alive¨. I gave my testimony to the new team from Riveroaks. Riveroaks, Memphis, had games for Angelitos, Vencedores and Esperanza.

More children

Dottie´s farmer boys The court called about two more children 1 and 8 years of age. A team arrived from Riveroaks in Tennessee. Josue is in the states visiting family and job hunting. His brother and uncle live there. My truck broke down but it was still under…

First day of school

Tony who has lived with us since he was young and now is in college will be teaching computer in our school to the elementary classes. That is 3 of our young adults teaching in our school. Today was the first day of school here at Casa. We…