Supporting Melvin

Melvin and his baby brother, Wilson.

In an earlier post in January, we started to tell the story of an 8 year old boy, Melvin, who has had numerous operations recently. He was born without an anus and the surgeries to correct it have not completely solved the problem. On Christmas Eve, just a matter of days after he came home from another surgery, he fell and the internal stitches and mesh holding his intestines broke.

Melvin's brother, Dixon, helping to put a zinc roof on a house. 

He is now back recovering in his makeshift home in Mulukukú. His mother is a single mom and has three other children.  She has been very attentive to Melvin and when he fell she bundled him up, came for transportation and some medical expense money and left for Managua the same day.  The other children were alone in the house with no food.  We were able to give them food once a day.  The oldest, a boy of 11, came on his bike to pick up food and take it to the children.  The youngest child is under 2 yrs old.

Melvin's sister, Yaritza, carrying a 5 gallon bucket of water.

Tin Roof has been contributing to Melvin's expenses for the last five years, since our local contact, Sister Sandra Price, first came to us asking for help for an operation to close the colostomy when he was only 3 years old. Please continue to pray for Melvin and his family.