Some of the faces I love..........

Welcome to Casa

As for those of you who read my blog regularly you might remember about two months ago I had a blog about two little girl's named Sisi and Rosita. They were taken in last night after being found that they were not being taken care of and such. So now they have Casa to call home. They came here late this afternoon. Please be praying for them as they transition and adapt to live here at Casa.
Rosita can not hear, we are planning next week to take her to a specialist to get checked out and see if hearing aids is an option or if she is completely deaf. Tonight it was pretty funny all of us doing charades to communicate with her. I guess we are all going to have to learn sign language.
I will continue to keep you all update on their progress here at Casa.

Above Rosita Below Sisi

Cindy Lou Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Cindy Lou!!!!

Johny

Since being back I can see a huge change in Johny. Before I left to go back to the states he had only been here at Casa about a week or so I believe. Well he was standoffish and not very talkative. He now wants to help with everything and wants to ride on my back or cuddle up on my lap and just comes and gives random hugs as he passes by me. At devo before he was quite and just was taking everything in. Now is wanting to start the songs and he is wanting to pray and just go go go!
So thanks to all of you who have prayed for Johny. God is growing him up for sure. In bringing Johny to Casa I can see Johny is finding love, comfort, and most importantly God here. So keep the prayers up!

Celebrating the day of the Lemperia

the kinder

Daniela

the three little indians

Monica

Daniela

Feranando

Mr. Lemperia is what you see here in Honduras on the one dollar bill but here it is called one lemp. He is an indian and played an important part here in the history of Honduras. So the kids in kinder celebrated today and got to dress up like indians. They loved it especially Fernando. They marched in Santa Ana and were all so proud of themselves.
Although it was a little bit short of notice to get the kids outfits all ready. Sandra had been working hard on Monica's but the rest of them we all worked together and pulled them together yesterday morning.

It is late and I need to get to bed but wanted to send a quick blog out letting you know I am back home. Got here to Santa Ana about 11:30 last night. Oh did it feel good to sleep in my own bed!!!
Will get some pictures up soon I promise!

back to honduras we go....

So our month at home as come to an end. We have been here in Ohio for a month and Dorian has enjoyed getting to see where I am from and getting to meet many people he would not get to met otherwise. So that has been a huge blessing but a little overwhelming at times for him. He is ready to be back in Honduras and to be around those who speak spanish. All of this english has been too much for him. As for me I am ready to be back there too and to get back to work at the childrens home. I miss those kiddos for sure!!
So thank you to each and everyone of you who have had us over, took us out to eat, genuinely was concerned for us and asked how we are doing, and have prayed and supported us. This trip was much different than what we had expected. We came here for me to get to the Dr. and thought I was going to have to have surgery. Well God for sure took care of all of that and we got to spend time here just relaxing and spending time with those we love.

Chores

Johny

At Casa we are trying to get the kids to be responsible and do chores and learn how to take care of what they have. Well sometimes it is quit the task to get them to do their chores. It would be much easier for me to go ahead and do it sometimes than to go around and around with them to try to get them to do their chores. Although I am persistent at keeping on them to get their chores done and I hold off and do not do it for them.
We have a chore chart there at Casa and weekly the kids chores are changed and there is some other chore they are incharge of for the week. If they seem to not like the chore for the week and are lazy at doing it or just tries to get around with out doing the chore then they are often given the chore for a second week until they get it down and they can do it right.
The Saturday before I left to go home we did have some random chores not ones that are on the chore chart but needed done. The kids had to scrub and clean their chairs and clean out the trash cans. They grumbled and complained a little at first but once they started they loved it and kept wanting to clean more!!!! It is always good when they make chores fun!

Katty

Fernando

Katty

Doris and Fernando scrubing the chairs

Doris

Brayan

Fitto

Marjuri

two different reactions

Majuri (above) Daniela (below)

Funny how from the same thing you get two different reactions. One full of joy and thinking this is so much fun while the other screams and thinks she is going to fall out of the hammock.

Katty

Dancing Queen

It's Dancing time..................Doris and Katty

Monica

Little Miss Doris was reserved and shy and sort of kept to herself when she first came. As time passed we found out that she is in love with music. You find her often just singing away....whether we understand her or not is a whole other story. Music is one of the things for sure that we have found that makes her tick. We have also found out that she loves to dance. Someone recently had sent us some CD's well it has became the kids favorite CD right now. They play it on the DVD player and dance, dance, and dance. Especially Miss Doris!!!

4th

Thank you Lord for the freedom we have in you!!!

Happy 4th!!!!

Updated family picture

These are the 11 kiddos that we have right now at Casa!(back row) Fitto, Pamela, Brayan, Johny, Doris(she doesn't like pics), Cindy
(front row) Marjuri, Monica, Katty, Daniela, and Fernando

their silly faces

Please continue to pray for each and everyone of these faces! They need your prayers!!!!

2 year anniversary

Two years ago after a long wait Jen and I took in the first kids here at Casa. We had been in Honduras since Oct. 2005 and we did not open until June 30th 2006. So it was a long wait and we were ready to wrap our arms around those kids and start loving them and showing them the love of Jesus. It has been a long two years when I look back and think of all of the miles we have walked thru to get where we are in this ministry, but at the same time it has all flown by so fast. God has blessed Casa in the past two years. We continue to learn and grow and make things better at casa. We are in the process right now of training house parents. Please be praying for Casa as it takes some big steps. May we seek God out thru all of this and be seeking His will and not our own.

I want to thank each and everyone of you who in the past two years have either supported the childrens home, volunteered, invested, prayed for us, supported me, and have encouraged us! You been more than a blessing! You will never know what you are doing and will continue to do for this home. May God bless you in ways beyond you can even imagine. June 30th, 2008 taking in the first kiddos

First family picture

First week we were open

Fransico and Mario and their sweet little prayers. They would pray every time before coming down the slide. :)

God has BIG plans for this ministry! I just pray that we continue to fall on our faces and cry out to our God for wisdom, guidance, and direction as we continue to grow.

Happy Early Bday Marjuri

Tomorrow is Miss Marjuri's 4th bday!
Right now she is our baby of the house, but she is getting big on us really fast. Happy Birthday Marjuri!!!

results

The Dr. called me last night and gave me wonderful news. I do not have to have surgery! So thank you to all of you who have been praying for me and been asking me how things are and if I knew anything. The Dr. told me that it looks as if things are getting better with my kidney. The kidney is scarred and damaged and it is not something that can be better with time. It can only be our great BIG God who is taking care of me. My left kidney is my bad kidney and with a lasix renal scan I had three years ago it drained in 16mins well this time it drained in 14mins.

So as you read this give a prayer of thanks for our God being in control and taking care of me!

a little help

Katty was trying to make her way up onto the swing and just couldn't seem to make it.......Until her brother came along and helped her out

There you go!

the boys

We here at casa had a house full of boys and are now down to 4. I was helping the girls get ready the other morning before we went to church and I walked in to check on the boys and there they were scrambling to find clothes that matched. They all wanted to be just alike! I think they are quite handsome!

lost bags

I forget how much I miss my stuff until I don't have it. Today I am thankful for getting my lost bags. They came with mine and Dorian's stuff at 4:30am Friday morning.

Happy Birthday Pamela

Happy Birthday Adilia Pamela!!!!
I love you and miss you girl!
Today she turned 11 and now is the oldest in the house. She has grown up on us for sure in the year she has lived with us, growing into a young lady for sure.

school

Johny started school with the rest of the kids on Tuesday. He has been asking since day one since he has been with us when he was going to go to school. Be praying for him as he adjusts to school and that he is learning things that will him help him as he grows up.

surgery

Tomorrow I leave for the states but I will try to still keep you all updated and put pics and so forth on my blog. I went for a check up on my kidney about a month ago and they told me that I need to get it seen to ASAP because it is pretty much closed off. So to say all of that I finally have my ticket and leave tom and then on Wed. I have my appt. with my Urologist. Just please be praying for me and for all to go smooth and I get everything that needs to be done in a months time to be back here at casa and ready to work and serve to the best of my ability.

As always thank you guys for your prayers, we fill them here at casa!

Happy B~Day Marvin

Happy 9th Birthday Marvin Omar!

Here is

Happy Bday Antonio

How oh I miss the boys! Talked to them on the phone today and wished Antonio a Happy Birthday. Not too sure he even knew it was his b~day till I called and told him. It seems just like yesterday when little Antonio came here and screamed his head off and did not want anything to do with us white people. Now today has been two weeks that he and his brothers have been gone. Oh how miss Antonio and his little giggles, his "i love you mommy", and his sweet little kisses.

Happy 3rd Birthday Antonio

Cabinets

Fitto and Brayan

Closets

We got our first set of closet/beds for the kids. It is wonderful! They are a more than we can afford or we would get a lot more for the rest of the kids. It allows them to keep their personal belongings locked up. Before they would hide all of their personal belongings here and there but now they have there very own closet with their very own key! They are loving the responsibility having their own and keeping track of their keys. This closet that came we gave to Brayan and Fitto. Pamela is wanting to know when hers will come.

Rudy

Brayan, his sister, mom and Rudy at Visitation in May

Please continue to keep Rudy in your prayers. He has really hardened up since he ran away from here. Last visitation he was there when his mom and sister came to visit Brayan. Rudy has been living on the streets again and coming and going as he pleases his mom says. He has an attitude that stinks right now and just a hardness about him. Please pray that the right people will be sent into his life to help him out.

Johny

Last Thursday night little Johny was brought here to casa. He was found begging on the streets and was taken and then we were asked if we would take him. This week he is still adjusting to life here at casa. Hopefully next week we will get him started in school.Johny and his cute little curls

Johny after his haircut