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Crissy & Ozzie
Our daughter, Crissy, and grandson Ozzie arrive Sunday. Also we received 3 new children. Young ones ages 4, 7 and 8 arrived which gives Chad & Abby 66 in the baby dorm. The roof poured yesterday looks great. You and I are either going forward, standing still…
Contentment
The surgeons changed Jose's catheter to hemp-dialysis & the problem is a huge hernia that punctured his stomach which after the liquids are removed they will go in and repair it. Possibly Monday. The cement was poured for the second floor of the hospital. So we will not be…
25 hours
Jose' was in the emergency room for 25 hours before they had a specialist see him. Dr Lou is so upset. I am heart sick that Jose' was treated so callously. We will pour the cement for the second floor of the hospital Friday afternoon. The medical team…
Jose
When you realize that my having to go to litigation was not the worst part of my day you get an idea of how stressful it was. Dottie was walking & heard Jose'(dialysis) screaming & I rushed in. His testicles were swollen larger than a nerf football. We…
Candy
Larry & Sue left for the USA today. Candy has worked so hard with the medical team & it is going so well. With the 2 new children last night that means we have received 27 new children in May & 17 in April putting the total of…
Medical team
Marjorie is in the hospital for a week. She had problems during hemodialysis. Evelin, Kevin & Laura began training at Roosevelt Hospital to be able to administer dialysis. The medical team saw hundreds of our children plus 105 high school students from the village. They will continue to…
All Things
Change Wed Oct 7 to Wed Sept 30 for Glad Tidings Assembly in Lake Charles, La. We dedicated Augustine & Dania's baby Brittany, this morning. Saraland Al and a team from Oklahoma arrived today. We have had such heavy rains three days so the greenery is beautiful and…
Decisions
The Louisiana and North Carolina teams are leaving Sunday morning and a Mobile, Al team is arriving this afternoon. We are slowly trying to get everything needed for the new accreditation papers so Tim, Jacob and I went through papers in he office. It sill take Gladys &…
Vision
Michelle, Tatiana & Oscar wo attended special education in Antigua went to the zoo today. The Social Security Administration’s leader as well as 13 others were arrested and another 17 in the Health Department. It is an election year. The charges are financial corruption. We spent a long…
Commitment
One child with fetal-alcohol syndrome has been really emotionally upset for a while. She bites, kicks & screams & the only thing that helps is to hold her tight & love her until she is calm. The children are taking semester exams. Received 4 children ages 2, 4,…
Conquer
I stayed busy all day but cannot remember all I did. Now that is bad!! We did receive a new teenage girl. Chad worked for hours on a clogged pipe. This is the same one running from the baby dorm to the main drain. Over the years we…
The Baby is Here
Chad & Abbie had a 7 pound 4 ounce baby girl last night. Mother & baby are fine. Abbie actually pushed ONE time and the baby came. Dr Lou and his team of specialists from the kidney clinic in Guatemala City came & did a great job of…
Not a good day
The investigator decided he did not want to fool with our case so it ill go to trial. The Word says that lies endure for a moment and the truth endures forever. Pray that for us please. Add Mignon Baptist in Sylacauga, Alabama 10:15am Sunday, September 27th. Also…
Weak sermon
Today I preached one of the weakest sermons ever. I can admit it-no pride. My back pain has increased. Josue' made it to the states where Les picked him up. He will present the Telemedicine program to a group in Orlando. A team arrived from N. Carolina. As…
What are you thinking?
Our lives today are the result of our thinking yesterday. The way I think today will affect who I am tomorrow. This morning I left early & parked my car & wrote down the 24 things that are causing me mental heaviness today. I proceeded then to walk…
Family Day
Billy, school administrator, decided that rather than have a Mother's Day program he would have a Family Day program. It was very successful. John & Sharon Harvey worked with us over 20 years ago and then have had a wonderful ministry for years n Chichicastenango. Due to health…
Faith is not knowing about God but knowing Him
The trade school classes presented their products & program to all of the old children today and it was very impressive. Add Macedonia Baptist Church in Effie, La. on Sunday, October 4th at 10am & 11am to our schedule. The vice-president of Guatemala resigned under accusations of corruption.…
Have you ever ‘blown it’?
The arrival of Jorge' into the dialysis house has been highly expected. First thing he said was could he have a bean sandwich. So now there are 11 children here, three with transplants & 8 on dialysis. Three more children came today & the two little girls were…
Admission
Dr Miguel came out & treated a number of children. Being a trauma surgeon he worked at a pace that left our staff jaw-dropped. I spoke with all of the children about boy/girl relationships & we are instituting new rules concerning ages, etc. They all seemed to understand…
Fear not
Ever-so-often I have to remove an employee for lack of production. Two were removed in December & we received notice today they were suing me. I cannot count the number of times this has happened. It matters not the reason an employee is released. The government simply supports the…