The monjale girls dancing for joy...

10th May 2010

From Virginia...

"...Suzy, these are the Monjale school girls from Makuluni village. The shoes are pure Australian as you can - where else would they get beautiful and durable shoes if Australia was not there? They nagged their parents for white pairs of socks long before the shoes got there! Since they are from the village and had the performance on the day we arraned for them to receive the shoes early before everyone else - one of the advantages of being active in the community... (this was one of the criteria Virginia used to create some sort of order out of the chaos of the distribution process!!)

Virginia continues..."The song they were singing goes like this...

Thank you Australia for the beautiful shoes
We had no shoes on our hurting feet, you our friends have covered us up
Thank you Josiah,Caitlin,Meshach, the Shoe-pals,
We are grateful for the shoes

Chorus :
Thank you Australia
Thank You Aussie
Thank You Friends
Thank You for the shoes

Thank you Aunt Suzanna, Karen and our own Virginia
May God bless you for all the work you did
To collect,arrange and bring the shoes to our feet
It was not easy we know, God bless you all.

Chorus

Thank you , all of you, the churches,schools,communities,
and individuals who contributed in cash and kind
The shoes are beautiful, we couldnt wait any longer,
We waited and waited and today we have them!


Alinafe, the one holding the piece of paper is my sister's last born Alinafe (God With Us). She also goes to the school. On her paper were the words THANKYOU AUSTRALIA. Another girl behind her had another piece of paper on which was written BIG UPS MADAM VIRGINIA - I laughed my lungs out!..."