Christmas in June

Dear MANNA Team,

Lisa and I are so grateful for the generous gift you sent us for Christmas.  I realize it has been 6 months since Christmas but let me explain.  We received the funds in January.  We tried to order backpacks but after 6 weeks of trying, we realized that was an impossible task! :)  We then decided that all our kids DESPERATELY needed new black uniform shoes.  We found a guy who "hand made" 100% leather ones and contracted him to do them.  Nearly 9 weeks later we got all them done.

Today, we loaded 172 beautiful black shoes into the back of my truck and hauled them out to the school.  We snuck them into the conference room & clinic and then had a HUGE "Merry Christmas" surprise as the kids walked into the room!  Every MBEWAU child believes there is a MANNA SANTA somewhere out there!! :)  Christmas REALLY DOES come in June!! We then spent the next 5 hours fitting every child with their new shoes.  We only have a few to return for bigger sizes as the kids feet have already outgrown what we originally ordered.

I know that you send out Christmas funds all around the world and I am sure that you get lots of thanks from those places.  But, Lisa & I want you to know that your REALLY made 172 kids the happiest they have been in a long time with such a wonderful gift.  Every month we give thanks to God for bringing the MANNA team into our lives as we minister together here in Mombasa, Kenya!!

Since you could not be here to personally put the shoes on, we thought we would send you "love" through pics of the awesome kids @ MBEWAU!!!

All our love,

Chris & Lisa Moore