New Shoes

There is a darling family of seven children that come to El Bichito for food and activities each day. The two youngest children of the family, ages 2 and 3, have terrible shoes. We decided to buy new shoes for these cute little girls. On Friday afternoon we accompanied three of the older kids, Israel, Lazaro, and Eva, back to their home to give the shoes to the two little girls. It was wonderful to meet the mother of the home (the father is not in the picture). She was very courteous and grateful and we could see she works extremely hard to care for these seven children. When we pulled the old shoes off the feet of the little girls, their feet were muddy and wet. Some of the kids in the family helped wash off the feet of the little girls. We then dried off their feet, gave them cute little socks, and put the new shoes on their feet. The little girls were so excited! We were relieved to find that the shoes were a perfect fit. We also had markers and colored pencils for the other children in the family. When we walked away we felt so awful that we didn't do more! It was an incredibly humbling experience. The pictures below show the family (minus the oldest child). You can see the new shoes on the feet of the two little girls.