A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO SAVE A CHILD'S VISION

The children in San Antonio Palopo all have a huge part of my heart so when bad news comes to me from afar about one of them my heart breaks. This time that news was about Marvin, my handsome little friend who is always full of life and all smiles every time I have ever seen him!! I noticed when I was there in October that the eye condition I saw when I was there during the summer was not just a simple lazy eye. It seemed much worse than that!! It was swollen and upon a closer look I noticed the irritation was being caused because his eye lashes were growing inverted. I let Sharon know about it and she was going to look into it. When I returned in December his eyes was even worse!! It was very irritated and swollen and Sharon said they were having it looked at.

Yesterday Sharon emailed me saying Marvin was in Guatemala City having surgery on his eye because the eye lashes were rubbing directly on his cornea causing major damage to it! They did a procedure and he had to return this morning for a check-up and the news from that was grim. He's going to have to have another surgery as soon as possible because without it he will lose that eye and be left with an empty socket. If he can have the surgery there is a chance his vision can be saved as well as that eye!! The cost of the surgery is going to be $1,500US which seems like such a small price to save a child's vision!! I know times are tough and the economy is affecting so many families here but any small amount will get us that much closer to helping him with his surgery!! So if you can spare $5, $10, $20 or more your help will be greatly appreciated!! No amount is too small and everything will make a lasting difference in Marvin's life!! Please donate today and if you can't please pass on the link to anyone you know that may be able to help!! The more awareness we can raise the better chance we have to save his vision!! Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!!