Shoes shoes shoes

This week it was time to give out shoes to the school kids. Luckily we had a team in from Hillsborough, NC who were willing to help us out. Two of the ladies helped us each day and we recruited the next two for the last two days. I helped in between classes on Monday as we shepherded children into the room, tried shoes on them until they fit and then sent them back to class. There was a constant flow of children and trying to keep shoes ready to go on feet. 

I think we put shoes on an enormous number of students (I think about 1000). And then double that for the number of feet we touched. I found the littles ones fun an cute. As they got older they seemed to want to fool the system. I couldn't tell if they did it for fun or on purpose. All of the shoes were black tennis shoes with a Velcro strip across but some had flat 'laces' while others had laces that were more like wires. They would tell you the size they thought they needed or wanted and then would tell you whether they fit or not. But more often than not they wanted sizes too small and would ball up their feet to get them. No deal. I was on to their game (at least most of the time). 

It was fun to watch the interaction with the volunteers. They would ask questions in English (how are you, what's your name) and often the kids could understand. (Exciting for me!) and then sometimes the kids would teach some French (same questions). The pride on their faces to be teachers was so cute.