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If God Doesn’t…..
Sebastian and Analy had a training session in the city concerning new laws for social workers/psychologists. The paint primer is being applied in the Genesis building and in a month we will begin the tile. The large tree in front of my house and filled with bird’s nest fell.…
Pain
Tonight we let the children eat the evening meal in families. Picnic style and they loved it. I wrote 400 Christmas cards & now my back is in such pain. Sorry!
Why?
The plumbing is roughed in on all three floors of the Genesis House for dialysis. The walls are painted and look great. The little house being built for the family near us is coming up quickly. We have had a good half-week so far. There was a large…
Compassion
Last week a teen girl broke her arm and last night a teen boy broke his. He had to be put sleep to set it but no surgery. Our first Sunday for our trip home begins September 11, 9:30am in Patterson, La. so you can begin thinking about our…
Tongue
I made radio shows for KAJN. Also Josue' and I went to check on the 2016 Christmas card but it was not yet printed. Our block layers will work 2 more days on the house and then 5 will move back to the Genesis construction. The Louisiana teams…
Fear, worry and anxiety
You can start contacting Debbie in Lake Charles about our September trip home. It helps to start early so we can schedule it where we do not have to drive so far between cities. We celebrated the girl's birthdays for April but included today was Dottie, Bob and…
Sent
Our Guatemalan bank was purchased by another bank so we are going through those changes. It is going well and the local bank people have been very helpful. Another small team arrived led by Farrel & Ina who were the first people to ever sponsor a child at…
Joy, prayer and thanks
The father & son of the house that burned came to thank us for helping with his school costs. He hugged every girl & prayed for them. It was a special moment for the teens who had given their money. Quique took the university test and feels he…
Who lived/died for who?
It is end of the month so Sebastian and I worked on the monthly report. Gretchen left a few days ago for 3 weeks. Quique is taking his college entrance exam tomorrow. That is hard to believe. I was thinking of Easter and the Resurrection following those…
Sebastian
Sebastian, general director, and his wife took the dialysis children to a movie and dinner. Tim took a few days off. Small groups are arriving so we will do small but important jobs this week. Karen, transplanted, has gotten healthy enough to return to her parents. I am…
Needed Prayer
Last night there was a major anger issue with one of the older boys. Alex called so I went over there & asked Tim to meet me because the boy was violent. After speaking for a while and coming to the end of the matter with all those…
4 categories of concern
Eight of our block layers began work on the new house. Larry finished the water line. We gave the donated money from the girls to the parents for school clothes and books. The mayor sent a load of rocks & many are promising to help purchase supplies. It…
Aging
I am having to listen to the boys teasing me about Guatemala winning 2-0 in soccer over the USA the other night. This was a great Sunday as I shared on Hebrews chapters 9 and 10. Then I felt well enough to play with the children nearly all…
Know His will
It is very important that you mark your check or include a note when sending money to us. We want to make sure your money goes where you want. I Christmas shopped; Dottie worked in the yard; Gladys took the college girls on an excursion & then the…
God is in control of our fears
The100 visitors left today with the exception of 2 girls from Louisiana. I walked down to the site of the home that burned and spoke with the neighbors. They treated me like a long lost son. It is amazing what a demonstration of the love of God can…
Neighbors
The Tennessee team had ice cream last night with the baby dorm & pizza tonight. There was a home burned to the ground near us---read on: Yesterday a neighbor's home burned to the ground. We gave them mattresses to sleep on. Then this morning the Fayetteville team with…
Twice more
Gladys and I went to the city and had the Christmas card designed. It takes us a good amount of time to write. Minor, our son, took the Christmas photograph and is fixing it so we can print it next week. After the death of Michelle we…
Dr Lou
Dr. Lou, our nephrologist, came with a lawyer to meet with our lawyer as we continue toward the new Genesis House being completed. Long way to go! But Dr. Lou said again that what we are doing cooperatively with him is not being done anywhere so we are…
Emotional pain
Gladys, Minor, Dottie & I went through the 35 suitcases the Arkansas team brought. Debbie had sent school supplies, clothes, Christmas gifts, etc. The team will take 30 bags back to Arkansas when they leave. We had a meeting with all of the Guatemala young people involved in…
A little past half time
The girls who work in the Genesis house had a party today for all the children on dialysis. They invited a dorm and just blessed those children. The love older kids have for younger is awesome. The discipleship group of 46 teenagers enjoyed a booklet I bought at…