That's what she said when the shoes were tied. She was testing them out. They did indeed jump - a LOT! Or was it the excited three year old in those new shoes that gave them all the power!
Here's the scoop.
Our office is in space donated to us by a church. The people are great. They worship, feed the hungry and do a great job at it. Sometimes, things come up they aren't prepared to help with. That's where we come in.
Tonight, a little girl arrived at Vacation Bible School without shoes. When asked, her big sister said "She used to wear nines. Then they got small. Now she needs tens."
We headed to the clothing closet.
There were no tens.
The little girl was ok with that.
We weren't.
The preacher gave an immediate cash donation.
We made a quick dash to the store.
They had tens. Lots and lots of tens.
With shoes (and socks) in hand we barely made it back to the church before the children went to the gravel playground. But we did make it.
The little girl wasn't keen on this whole shoe idea. She didn't see the need for shoes and she really wanted to go play with her sister.
Then, she saw them.
There in the bag on the table lay a little pair of white and pink sneakers with a matching pair of pink socks.
Her mouth made an "O".
She could barely sit still for us to put them on her feet. She giggled. She wiggled.
At the top of her voice she hollered "These shoes JUMP!" and scampered off to show her approving 8-year-old sister.
The cost of the clearance rack shoes and socks? Just over $6.00.
The happiness of the little girl? Priceless.
2 comments:
I DO NOT KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD NOT REPLY TO THIS...IT MADE ME CRY. THANK YOU FOR HELPING HER I WISH I COULD DO MORE AS WELL...
Being there that night made me tear up too. Thanks so much for your comment. There are a lot of issues in this youngster's life. It means a lot to know someone's out there pulling for this little girl.
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