Christmas Shoes

As I mentioned in the last post we received two recent donations to be used to bless the kids at CADIN and the second amount was used for shoes.

This is a pair of shoes that one of our CADIN kids wore all year!  There are stores here that sell good used shoes and even though they are relatively cheap it doesn't help if a person just doesn't have the money for shoes.

We told the volunteers at CADIN that we had some funds for shoes and they went to work.  They measured all the kids feet and then went shopping in the market and these women can get a deal!  In fact, they were able to buy brand new shoes for all the kids who have participated in CADIN over the past four years and that is over 60 kids!

On the day that we handed out the food bags we told the kids to come to the CADIN house the next week for shoes.  The day we passed the shoes out took an amazing amount of organization!

Here Esmerelda and Ellen are checking the CADIN roster for each child's name and then that child was given a number placing them in their group to receive shoes.  Because it was a much larger group of kids then normal we actually took over the front porch of the house across the street to organize the kids.

Here are two brothers who were in CADIN this year and we invited them to bring their two younger siblings to receive shoes also.  This is a family of seven children, living in simple one room 'house', and being raised by their single working mother.

We brought all the kids in the CADIN house and sat them down to start the day off with a lollypop!

Then we all prayed and thanked God for the many blessings He has bestowed on our lives.

Auora told the story of the birth of Jesus and included many little dramatizations with the children.  This made it extra fun for the kids, caused some giggles, and also kept them more attentive!

Here she explained what each of the gifts were that the magi brought to Jesus and that Jesus is the gift of God to us for the forgiveness of sins so that we can have a relationship with God.

We also did a memory verse:

"Give thanks in all circumstances; 

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Then came the new shoes and BIG smiles!!

The shoes had been separated, bagged, and labeled for each child.

The difference for so many of the kids is rather huge and their new shoes had them walking on air!!

What a great blessing and time to talk into their lives about the greatest gift of all, Jesus!  I pray that some of these kids may grow up to tell others about the love and forgiveness they have received in the name of Jesus!

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, 

so that everyone who believes in Him 

may not perish but may have eternal life." 

John 3:16

God's perfect Christmas gift was given in Christ Jesus!