Last Friday I travelled with Karen in convoy to collect the final donation of shoes from Mt Barker (St Marks Lutheran School). The students were fantastic helping to load the two vehicles and the count is underway in our shed - no final tally but already up to 260 pairs and not half way through the boxes yet.
3 SRC reps were interviewed regarding the process and their insight to the significance of the programme was heartwarming, as well as their compassion and determination to engage with the experiences of others.
The curiosity was a small clear plastic envelope awaiting my collection. It simply had a girls name on it as well as the word MALAWI and contained $25 dollars.
After a few emails, i discovered the source:
A small group of grade 4 girls ( ages around 9 ) had decided to do their own fundraising and baked goods for sale. Their efforts raised $25 dollars and were deliberately and specifically to put toward the costs of the chimwemwe footprints venture. My heart sang and when Virginia heard the news she too was touched beyond belief.
These are the seeds we so hoped would be planted and will grow into the compassionate trees and hearts of the future. I do not know these children, they will likely never meet the recipients of the shoes, but their hearts are firmly in the right place it is a delight to the soul.
there are indeed earthly angels.
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Many small gestures make for a larger contribution in the end.
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