New shoes!

Take a second to look at your shoes. I bet they are awesome. Probably not too old, good sole and heel. More than likely you probably have a few more pairs in your closet (and ladies if you are like me that "few" is probably the same few you use when talking about having just a few cookies j/k). I'm just going out on a limb here but you probably don't even need most of your shoes. This week I went with a team of 7 other ladies to a small Maasai village in the great rift valley area of Kenya. The mission was to give kids shoes but it turned into something so much bigger. The kids (ranging in age from 3 to 19) are all students at a public school in the area area. Let's define closest: some children walk over 7K to get to school. When we saw the kids we did not see a single pair of shoes that were intact. If the shoes did not have a crack running the length of the shoe then the shoes had no sole or heel. Some kids only had one shoe that was in no condition to be utilized the way they needed. The kids never once would have complained though. They were happy and thankful for not only what they had but the opportunity to get one to school (partly because at school they would get a meal that was likely their only meal for the day). We thought we were going to bless the kids but what ended up happening was God showing us His love and provision in amazing ways. There were so many amazing things that happened I will have to write about them more in my next post, but I want to end by sharing that 472 children were able to receive new socks and shoes this week!