More Shoeboxes!

Here are some more pictures of us giving Operation Christmas Shoeboxes to some children at a school in a nearby village outside of Kerch.  This little boy was told to run home to tell his brother, who was home sick with a fever, that we had one for him as well.  He took off as fast as his little legs would carry him...

...to this little neighborhood down the road.  We had to wait out by the road because we weren't sure where they lived.

Before long 2 little boys came running out to our car.  The sick brother must have been so excited to come that he didn't have time to put on the coat that his brother is holding.   

I think he had his dad's galoshes on too!

Next stop was to another neighborhood a few miles away.  This family has 9 total so along with a few boxes we decided to give them the food we had left over from the lunch we served at the school.  At the risk of revealing too much, I must share that this is a desperately needy and troubled family.  Lack of income and poor lifestyle choices make this warm meal and the belated Christmas gifts one of the few bright spots in these children's difficult lives.