Dia del Nino was a fun and hectic day. The kids really enjoyed themselves. We had 68 kids show up. Unfortunately we forgot to get a picture of everyone that came. We started the day with Sunday School and then had a lunch for them. We played games, and then dismissed all of the kids who are not faithful. The 38 who were left got to decorate their foot (traced on poster board and then used to pick out the right size of shoes) and then they received a gift (made possible by Faith Baptist Church in Silver Springs, NV) of shoes, and got their picture taken. We handed them all out and took a picture of them and then had them all open them. The kids were so excited. I doubt that any of these kids had ever had a pair of new shoes. One boy, Henri, told me that he had never had such a pretty pair of shoes. His shoes were only brown tennis shoes, but to him that meant everything.
I am so thankful for all of the people in the church who were there to help. This is something that we would not have been able to do alone. Our church members were such a big help. Ernesto, Nelly, and Xiomara took care of the food. Esperanza, Osmin, Teresa, Armando, and Tatianna helped with crowd control and games. It was wonderful to have so many people sharing the work load.
So many parents that don't come to church came to thank us for the shoes after we were done cleaning up. We are praying that this will give us an oportunity to witness to these parents.
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