Officer Quintana arrived at the scene after the children’s father died tragically. Rather than separating the five siblings into different foster homes, he and his wife opted to start their own.

Officer Nicholas Quintana of the North Las Vegas Police Department was on his lunch break on January 14 when he received an “ominous” call.  “Trying to enjoy my lunch and this urge, this abrupt urge, that’s the best way I can describe it, came and I ended up going to the call,” the cop told FOX5.

He arrived at the Osaka Pearl Street scene, where a woman had been arrested for allegedly shooting her husband. Even more surprising, the incident occurred while the couple’s five children were present.

Quintana’s heart ached for the children, ranging in age from six to seventeen, who had lost their parents in such tragic circumstances.

“Wow. That’s sad. That’s extremely sad because now these kids are going to go to Child Haven,” he said.

Because he had gone through a similar situation, the police officer felt a strong bond with the orphaned youngsters. Quintana’s father was murdered by another family member while he was a young lad.

He knew what it was like to lose a parent in such a horrific way, so he wanted to go above and above for these children and assist them in any way he could.

Quintana desired to raise them all.

“These thoughts like, ‘Hey, take the kids in,’ and I’m like, ‘What?’” he remembered thinking while at the scene of the unfortunate event.

When he finished his shift later that day, he came home and told his wife, Amanda, about the incident and his desire to take the children in. Quintana knew the siblings would likely be separated under the foster care system, and he didn’t want that to happen.

Amanda was hesitant at first, but her husband persuaded her to meet the children, expecting she would fall in love with them. That is exactly what she did.

They drove to Child Haven three days later, where Amanda met the children and had the opportunity to speak with them. They all went home as a family two days later.

“I look at the kids and I say, ‘Hey, look, the reason why we’re here is that I had a thought,” Quintana recalled.

“I’d like to take every single one of you. I’d like to take you to our home.’ And the 16-year-old gasped for a sec and said, ‘Really?’ and I said, ‘Yeah,’ and of course, the oldest one says, ‘All of us?’ and I said, ‘Every single one of you.’”

Quintana said he has always wanted to be a father because he didn’t have one growing up. He wished to love a child the way he hoped his father would love him.

The Quintanas went from being a family of two to a family of seven in an instant. The North Las Vegas Police Officers Association set up a GoFundMe for the family to assist cover their mounting expenses because it was a big change that required a lot of adjustment. It has so far raised more than $69,000.

Quintana says the experience of fostering the kids has been “humbling” and “amazing.” He said that there are so many “different emotions and so many different things, adjectives to describe it all.”

As challenging as everything is, Quintana is happy with their decision.

“I think about every single last one of them from the oldest to the youngest,” he said. “Now, I’m not just thinking about these decisions for my wife, now, I’m thinking about it for my wife and our kids, our kiddos now.”

The Quintanas need all the help they can get now that their family has expanded. Show them your support by donating to their GoFundMe and spreading the word about their beautiful act of kindness.

Source: spotlightstories.co