Those Sweet Brothers

The brothers are weighing heavy on my heart right now. Today as we were out running errands Jen got a call from a teacher at their school that they boys had come with no lunch for 2 days now. Which means they probably were not getting much food at home either.
We went and picked up pizzas and took them over to them. They were thrilled! My heart was excited to be with them and broken for them all at once. Their dad had gone off to work a few hours away from here for a few days and left the boys and their mom with 100 limps. 100 limps is the equivalent of 5 American dollars. Can you imagine trying to feed 7 boys and yourself for at least a week on five dollars!?
Jen asked Francisco if they had been eating. He told her they had but not much. When she asked him what they had eaten the boys told us raw cabbage and tomatoes. For over two days they have had nothing but small portions of cabbage and tomatoes once a day.
I loved getting to spend some extra time with them this evening eating pizza and helping with homework but I wish the circumstances that brought us there were not so. My heart breaks for these little ones.


Francisco and Miguel




Jen with Antonio and Francisco


Homework time