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I am so sad by Ani's death as well as Betty that I can only walk and listen to sermons on my I-phone. When not listening to sermons I am making radio shows. Today is July 9, 2015 and I have sat and made daily radio shows for…
Keiser
They have placed tubes into Keiser's lungs due to pneumonia. He is in intensive care. Please pray. He is the youngest child that we have on dialysis. Also Marjorie is in the hospital with heart trouble. She has an excellent cardiologist & Luis is also there because he…
Teams
First Baptist Church; 25 Spring Street; Keyser, West Virginia 26726. I am sorry but I left off the zip code yesterday for Dwight walker. Abel Mosquito was raised here & left to work & help his family & we continued to pay his education. He came to show…
Help for Dwight
An account has been opened at First Baptist Church; 25 Spring Street; Keyser, West Virginia for Dwight Walker following the death of his wife Betty. If you want to help use that address please. Would you believe there are teams here at Casa from Tn, Tx,WV, Ark and…
Coping
Marjaroie (uncontrolled coughing) & Elias (convulsions) were sent to the hospital last night. We dedicated Jennifer Fernanda along with her new parents. A Guatemalan pastor and his wife adopted her. She will have a blessed life. We received four little girls today. I have cried for two days.…
A finished life and a new life begins
Burying Ani was so difficult because other character and personality as well as her love for the children she cared for. She left the world at 19. Sunday morning we will release one of our babies into adoption with a Guatemalan pastor & his wife. "As the grass…
Ani Passed Away
No one should ever bury their child. Ani was an assistant dorm parent with the little girls & said, "The reason I am at Casa is to love the little girls the way I was never loved". Her siblings are crushed as is her mother who did come…
Ani
Ani had the stomach & bladder surgery but will need more surgeries as soon as possible. She is not well but she will live. Sunday I taught on “Can you know that you are saved?” That evening Ani asked Dwight some questions & he took her through to…
Trust in the Lord
This is the most difficult thing I have ever had to write. Dwight & Betty Walker came here when Adam & Vilma went to the states so they could care for the dorm. They have been telling me of their plans to return permanently. Yesterday while Dwight was…
Responsibility #2
Josue' went to dedicate a church for me in Quiche. He relishes the job of speaking on my behalf. His father, Jose', dedicated another one since I just cannot drive that far on those roads. I started getting the first semester grades from university & there were more…
Responsibility
Six months ago one of the boys who had lived here was released from prison. He had attacked a boy here & when sent to another home he attacked a teenage boy there also. So to prison he went for 2 1/2 years. Since getting out he has…
Contentment is Joy
I am so proud of Jeny. She begins her internship at a hospital in Santa Rosa for the next 6 months and then will graduate in physical therapy. She has had a rough number of years here as her brother was killed by a gang & her two…
Wealth
Last night the courts sent 3 sisters the oldest of which is 12 years old & has a baby. So we have her 11 month old son also. Elias, Marjorie & Keiser, dialysis, were hospitalized. A team from Fayetteville, Ar. arrived who will present vacation Bible school for…
Unbelievable
Yesterday we received an 11 year old and a 15 year old girl; today a 12 year old came and tonight 3 children, ages 3, 4 & 7 arrived. They had an 8 month old sister that was bitten by rats & died YESTERDAY. Two brothers, ages 10…
Butch
This morning another of my high school classmates passed away. Harvey "Butch" Allums lived on a large sugar cane plantation & we spent so much time there together in our childhood & youth. May God bless and comfort his family! Dwight & Betty feel the call to Casa.…
Felix
Happy surprise! Felix who left Casa 19 years ago, served in Afghanistan, was wounded and now is engaged & living in South Dakota & in college after 10 years in the US Army came to see Dottie & me. Last night we received a 10 year old boy.…
Jose’
Jose' finally returned from the hospital but Keiser was admitted into the hospital last night. Josue' & Estella left for home in Jackson, Tn. It is remarkable that the story I have told more than any other of the family with 4 children & their remarkable adventure now…
Chad and Abby
Sebastian, Billy & I spoke with Flor & Alber who are responsible for the elementary school & the high school respectfully about what we will be doing in 2016 as part of the transition. Chad & Abby will go to the states for a month so they leave…
Emily
Chris & Heidy are here from Oklahoma & she will do root canals this week on a couple of kids. A dental team is here but will go out to villages everyday to work. Tim & Patty are taking the week off to relax. I made radio shows…
Compassionate relationships
Our daughter, Crissy, and grandson, Ozzie, left for Houston this morning. They were here 3 weeks & that was the best Father's Day gift I could have received. Tanya, other daughter, and my grand children are still here for another week. Compassion is not passive. It is active.…