National Day of Service 2012 – Little Rock, AR

On January 19, we teamed up with volunteers from Little Rock Christian Academy and the Little Rock Black Police Officers Association to wash the feet of deserving children in Little Rock and provide them with new shoes.

We think these words and photos from Little Rock Christian students tell the story best:

“Samaritan’s Feet gave us the opportunity to serve the children of our community and to share the love and joy of Christ. We arrived with the expectation of providing companionship and joy to these kids, and we soon realized that they imparted blessings onto us abundantly. Serving those children was both a humbling and fulfilling experience, and I am sure that each and every person there saw the redeeming power of Christ and felt the abounding love of GOD”
-Christian Shewmake, 11th grade

“After I was on water duty, I took a break and went to wash feet. As I waited for someone to come, a little African-American girl came and sat down. I asked her what her name was, and she said it was Noya. As I washed her feet, I asked her questions about herself, like what school she went to, what her hobbies were and if she liked music. When I put on her socks, I asked her if she knew who Jesus was. She said no. as I put on her first shoe (before she had on an old pair of “Twinkle Toes”), I explained to her that He was the Son of God who died on the cross to wash away our sins. As I put on her second shoe, I told her, if she wanted, we could pray to God so she could get her name in the Lamb’s Book of Life and live forever in Heaven. “Do you want to live eternally in joy and happiness in heaven?” I asked. She said “yes”. I took her around the corner, and we prayed. I asked her if she accepted Jesus as her savior, if she believed He died on the cross, believed He exists as well, and believed He’s the Son of God. She said yes every time. As we wrapped up, we got up and walked to a “runner”. Feeling happy and content inside, I waved good-bye. THE END!”
-Grace Faulk, 7th grade

“Having the opportunity to participate in the Samaritan’s Feet distribution was in a way the greatest experience of my ‘life’. I will explain why…near the end of the book of John, John lays out the reason for which Jesus did all of the things he did and why John wrote the book. It says, “…so that you may believe that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name”(John 20:31). My life is not just simply the number of days I have lived, but it is the life Christ has given me to bestow on others. In this way, I should be like John, in anything I write, say, do, etc.-it should be for the purpose of letting other believe and have life as well. Samaritan’s Feet was an absolutely perfect place to do this. Because of the organization, the door to Christ’s gospel was swung wide open for many! I will not soon forget the faces and personalities of the kids whom I washed feet, but more importantly God will not forget them and their names will (with great hope) be written in the Book of Life for eternity!”
-Landon Trulove, 11th grade

See more photos here.