Shoes, Shoes, Shoes!

Last week we had a team from Walnut Memorial Baptist in Kentucky come to work with our school kids and sponsorship kids. Becky Ivy, the team leader, is our sponsorship coordinator. It was her vision that started the program and she handles all the details stateside for that program. Several on her team got the vision to bring new shoes to our 210 sponsorship kids. Then it mushroomed to include all the school kids, and then the 62 old people in our Gran Moun feeding program. In the end, they brought over 500 pairs of new tennis shoes to give out!!! Everyone of our school kids, everyone of our sponsorship kids, and every Gran Moun received a new pair of shoes along with some other needy people. We know that for some of these, this was the first pair of new shoes they had ever received.

Our old people walk up the dirt road every Monday morning to our property to receive their allotment of food for the week. Team members discussed washing their feet before giving them the new shoes and all wanted to do that. The smiles of the old people as their feet were washed and then fitted for a new pair of tennis shoes was priceless. What a joy to be part of a team that were literally being the hands and feet of Jesus to these elderly and indigent people.





It was wonderful to hear the laughter and squeals of delight from the preschoolers as they all got their shoes. They pranced around in them and wanted to leave them on the rest of the morning. The older kids were also excited, but many chose not to wear their brand new pair, but keep their old ones on and save the new pair for later. The new pair quickly made its way to their backpacks for safe keeping.



We are so thankful for all the hands and the hard work put out by Walnut Memorial and the many other teams that come along side us to help with projects and minister. We could not do it without them!