You couldn’t have designed it any better. The smiles on the faces were priceless. The event was supposed to run from 10 to 11. Instead we had kids as early as 9:30 and they were still arriving close to noon.
We took quite a few pictures with our regular camera and will post those soon, but we wanted to get something up here for those of you who have been waiting. Below are just a couple we took Before the start of the event.
We prayed we’d make a difference, even if it was only for a little while. There were over 40 kids and we have over 40 stories. We’ll tell you just one for now.
Luke is a little blonde boy. He didn’t talk much and needed the assistance of a nurse to push the cart around which held all the machines that deliver his medicines and keep him alive. Luke wasn’t to sure what was going on but he noticed the sun, which he hadn’t felt on his skin for a very long time, and he saw the the 60+ year old Bentley sedan sitting amongst the 11 cars that participated. Helen gave him a Circle S Racing shirt and convinced him to have his picture taken by “The Old Statesman”. We don’t know if he didn’t feel well, was confused by being outside, or something else but it was pretty obvious when he sat on the windowsill of the hospital with his nurse this pouty faced little boy hadn’t seen good in quite a while. Dave printed the picture and took it to little Luke. There was just a moment of hesitation, it took him a few seconds to realize what he held, but then it registered….he face beemed and started pointing to the big Bentley. He was trying to show everyone THAT was THE car in the picture and it was HIM in the picture. His nurse had his shirt, but that picture wasn’t leaving his hands. It was there as we saw him heading back to his hospital room……a smile.
