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Shoes

3/1/2017

 
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   One of our most joyful experiences in Peru is going to the shoe store.  We buy new shoes for children who have just received leg braces, donated by students at the Kauri Sue Hamilton School for children with severe disabilities in Riverton, Utah.  These students have outgrown their braces and they and their parents generously give them to us.

   This time we took three children, two three-year-old girls and a seven-year-old boy.  All of their mothers went with us, as well as Catherine Paola Krammer Davila, director of San Manuelito School in San Ramon.  It’s a walk of several blocks.  Last year, we carried some of the children because the baby strollers we gave the school several years ago had worn out.  So, with the girls in brand new strollers and the boy in a wheelchair, we were on our way.
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   One little girl made the whole shoe store smile.  As I held her arms, she moved her legs and tried to walk. Her whole body danced in excitement and I think perhaps she had a glimpse of the freedom awaiting her when she learns to walk.  I’m betting that the next time we go, she’ll be walking.


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