Caring for Orphans by Keeping a Family Together

Part of caring for the orphan involves keeping families intact so that their children do not become part of the overwhelming number of fatherless children in this world. This is the ideal way of caring for orphans; if at all possible. My friends, the Blocks, are helping to do just that. They recently picked up their family and moved to Guatemala to serve the orphans there (they cannot be adopted because Guatemala has closed their doors to international adoptions). Yesterday they posted about a man named Javier and his wife who has a tumor. She cannot get into the hospital there because it is not considered "life threatening" so she has lived with the tumor for months. Without surgery she could die and leave her husband to try to care for their children. So the Blocks posted Javier's story on their blog and within minutes collected the amount needed for Javier's wife to see a private doctor and have the surgery! The Blocks helped keep this family together; helped keep these children from losing a mother. If you want to care for orphans but don't know how, keep an eye on this blog from the Blocks, they are constantly posting needs that they come across in Guatemala. If you do donate, know that every penny of what you send to them will be spent on exactly what they say it will be spent on. Pray about it and if God is asking you to help, please do!