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Jerry
Jerry Clemmens, Adam´s dad, came and is staying with his sponsor children Victor and Celia. Jerry has been coming to Casa for more than 25 years and is part of the original building contractors. So, he stopped by and brought me a gift which is an Elipse walking…
Torrential
We were going to have church last night but hail and a tremendous rain fall made it impossible to hear under that metal roof. Politically there is heavy talk of a coup to overthrow the newly elected president. We need house parents for Esperanza upstairs. These are the…
Lunch
I will go next Tuesday to visit my sister. There are 5 teams coming beginning this Wednesday. I have to go to immigration to pay the fee for retirees to leave the country. We had lunch with Tony and Lily which is always a blessing. A team bought…
George Mueller
One of the children adopted from Casa years ago is Yaya and yesterday she began nursing college in California. What a blessing! I reread one of my biographies of George Muller who was born in 1805 and died in 1890. Without ever asking anything from anyone he cared…
Meet your teacher
Friday is teacher presentation and "getting to know you" with the kids. The new school year classes kick off on Monday. I believe most of the students are ready since the pandemic has affected everything the last 3 years. Having fewer children should mean it will be easier…
Dave and Amy
David surprised Amy with a trip to see their newest grandchild in Michigan. We had lunch for all the staff both Guatemalan and American We spent the afternoon and evening sharing with the visitors. I preached on forgiveness. When so many people live together as we do forgiveness…
Any and Moises
The two seniors who won the scholarships were Any with a 93.9% academic record and Moises with a 93.3% high school record. The team is working long hours to reconstruct the restrooms in Vencedores. The children have not left campus in two years so we are allowing the…
Mystery
My update did not publish Tuesday morning at 4am. I cannot understand why. That is three times in a week. I hate computers. It appears that we have found a contractor to build what will be months of demolishing and rebuilding the dorm the government said we must…
Return
Daniel, the new child on dislysis, had a set back so Aroldo took him back to the hospital for the dialysis team to determine the problem. Edela is a university student and she found a job with a Christian group so she will move to the transition dorm.…
Kids asking for money
We finished April and it was a very hard month. Praise God there has not been one case of Covid at Casa. Most everyone from children and staff have worked hard to keep things going. It is Important for you to understand that when an older child leaves…
BILLY
The Guatemalan President has passed stringent rules even to the extent that if a person doesn’t wear a mask they and be jailed. There were a number of other strong laws enacted. Josue asked if I would ask you to pray for dorm parents. The sixth “one another”…