[DianaB]

This is a really hard post for me to answer. We had a large 0family that came to church that had ALOT of problems. The father abused everyone. Our church gave them money for transportation to have surgery on one of the boys' hand and the father kept it and never had the surgery done (they had a medical card to pay for the surgery). It was really sad because the boys' hand was unusable. There was sexual abuse too. The stories that I heard would shock you.

I know that our pastor was in contact with SRS and, I think, that they were checking into some things when the family upped and moved to another state. I have a friend who is a distant relative and I know that the abuse continues. The oldest daughter had a baby by her father and the mother has had two babies removed from the home. So sad.

It's hard to sit by and watch these things go on and I don't understand how we can fix it. What kind of life will these kids have when they grow up with this kind of influence around them. All I know is to keep them in our prayers.