Children are a gift from God

Wow what another week we have been through.  Yesterday was so heart wrenching.  We were helping distrubute backpacks for the children who need to go to school.  Some of the children were living at the dump in La Paz Centro.  I specifically noticed a mother with three children.  Her youngest child was maybe just under 1 year old.  He was hungry and wanted some milk from the mother.  She was unable to provide for him.  I couldn't stand it.  He was crying because he was so very hungry and the mother could do nothing about it.  Later in the evening I saw another little girl about the size of a new born here in the states.  She was probably 3 years old with a stomach as small as a new born baby.  Her legs couldn't have been bigger around than a large carrot.  She was so incredibly skinny and had trouble walking properly.  I wanted to take them home and feed them for the rest of their lives.  Some days are easy.  Yesterday was not. 
The kids and I spend the evening talking about these two families and did a few calculations.  It would cost us about 40$ to feed these two families each week with rice,beans,onions, peppers, oil and maybe a carrot or two.  I think we are going to just add it to our budget.  Maybe even add 100.00 to our budget and try to find a few more families to add to the list.  I know God sees these children and loves them very much and since we are here we need to do all we can to help ease the burden in their lives. 
We also had a gentlemen come to our house yesterday and ask for food.  I gave him what we had and asked him to come back on saturday with his family and wife.  He said he has three children.  I will take pictures and post if he shows up again.  It is so hard to see how difficult it is to find food for these children. 
We are also planning on bringing food to Martha and David.  They are the family that we have been trying to help but it is very slow.  We continue to pray for the mother and hope she will be willing to have surgery sometime this year.  We also pray that God will open the door for us to help the children during the day with food and health issues so they can heal from the problems they have.  Please join us in this prayer because where two or more are gathered so is the Holy Spirit.