Shoes, shoes, shoes!

Thanks to a donation from friends in Guatemala City and a generous gift from HIA, The Jungle School was able to purchase and distribute 271 pairs of shoes for each actively enrolled child. The shoes were purchased locally and are appropriate for the children to wear with their school uniforms, with slightly different styles provided for the various age groups. It was a heart-warming event for missionaries and staff to witness some children immediately trading the worn-out, ill-fitting, or broken shoes they had been wearing for a brand new pair, purchased just for them, and in their size.

Lesser trading his broken shoes for a new pair.

A closer look...

Yes, it was kind of amusing that the brand name for the shoes was Angela. I had to smile watching all of the kids carry around boxes with my name on them.