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The Boomerang Beatitude #1
Tim has a ruptured patellar tendon so he will be on a slow trajectory of recovery for awhile. I did not share this because he asked me not too. But my younger son was told he had either lung cancer or TB. After weeks of exams all results…
Gifts
The boys in my house along with 4 of the college girls began at 6am putting out the Christmas gifts. By 9:20am we had given the hits to the four younger dorms and the dialysis children. Then it was time to begin cooking for the older boy's meal.…
Giving
Today the Lord had me change my sermon as we were praising and worshippping the Lord. It was very short but more than 20 teenagers got saved. Estella & Andres came to help for the two meals. Estella always has made the gelatin and wants to continue the…
A Faithful Servant #5
Vick was able to do so much electrical labor for us in the school, baby dorm & addition. I loaded him down with mail to post for me when he gets home so he had no rest. Larry & Sue took care of him. They are from the…
A Faithful Man
A medical group came from Guatemala City at the urging of a Guatemalan business man from San Lucas which is near to Casa. He met some of the children and wanted to do something for them so they brought medicines. Saturday is Parent's Day so a number of…
Website
Tim asked that I inform you that the new Micasa login and the child search are working and should you have a question or problem contact him at timothyruthjr@yahoo.com Minor, Laura and Tony helped Dottie and me divide the gifts to be given to the girls in Estrellitas…
A Faithful Servant #4
A medical group came from Guatemala City at the urging of a Guatemalan business man from San Lucas which is near to Casa. He met some of the children and wanted to do something for them so they brought medicines. Saturday is Parent's Day so a number of…
A Faithful Sevant #3
Today Karen, who has had a kidney transplant, went to court & her family has added and addition to their little house which is tiled floors and walls. It is possible tha she may return home in February. Wouldn't that be wonderful? Her sister is the one who…
A Faithful Servant #1
Chad & Abby are building playground equipment for the baby dorm as their gift to the children for Christmas. I began making radio shows and need to make a total of 24 weeks worth of lessons to carry with me in February when we return to the states.…
Passion
Josue' did not make it in last night as his plane was grounded. But the airline paid him $800 towards another ticket & put him up in a hotel so he really suffered! But he has been given more responsibilities with Telemedicine so he continues to…
Cain and Abel
Josue' returned from his 3 weeks working with the Telemedicine team in Georgia. Elias, age 11, had a transplant & will come to Casa in February. When asked how he felt he answered "I can pee and it doesn't hurt." He is the very first kidney transplant patient…
Preaching Peace
Each child will receive a bag of candy for Christmas so you can imagine how many cases of cookies, chocolates, peppermint, etc it takes to make over 400 large bags of candies. It takes 15 kids helping me all afternoon. Dottie had her exams and will require a…
Hosea
The house parents have been doing an excellant job of trying to keep all of the kids busy. Vacation time can be boring so a number of different games & competitions are being organized. I took some old kids with me & we sorted things for Christmas. I…
Tired
Gladys & I were tied up with a court hearing for hours today. Dottie and Abby went for a medical exam since Abby is pregnant. Dottie is not. Then Alex, Sarah, Gladys and I measured every child for a new pair of tennis shoes. Lee's mother is…
Hope
I spent 6 hours studying the Book of Hosea as in a few weeks we will begin studying it in our seminary. Brother Teddie, #1 Alabama fan on earth, invited the American staff for a turkey dinner in Chimaltenango. Lee fixed me dinner. Marjorie is back in…
Roses have thorns #3
I made two mistakes on my schedule. On the 18th we will be at Calvary Baptist in Fayette, Alabamaat 6pm not in Pennsylvania and the name of the church in Rockingham, NC is Roberdel Baptist on Feb 2th at 7pm. Sorry about that. On Sunday night March…
Roses have thorns #2
Dottie invited six of the older girls who are having their birthdays thi week to eat lunch with us & share ice cream & cake. She tries to make things special for them. Also Flor cooked a punch with various fruits & served ALL of the children. It…
Roses have thorns
Turkey is the order of the day. Dottie along with the help of other staff will bake over 30 turkeys over the next 2 weeks. We continue to work on Christmas with normal gifts like soccer balls & bath towels. Dottie has always loved roses…
I Believe in You!
We went to the market in Antigua and purches shoes and jackets for the dialysis girls. That was their request for Christmas. So we put up a tree for them also. We had the monthly vigilia tonight & that is always important to the children as they can…
Schedule
This is our Feb/March schedule: Sunday Feb 15 Family Life in Lafayette, La in AM Sunday Feb 15 at Abundant Life in Marksville, La 6pm Wednesday Feb 18 Huntingdon Presbyterian in Huntingdon Pa in PM Sunday Feb 22 The Praising Place in Charlotte NC in AM Sunday…