Despite being separated by an international border, an American man was able to make a Mexican girl's Christmas wish come true after he found it tied to the string of a balloon in the desert.

Randy Heiss had been out on a walk with his dog in Patagonia, Arizona when he saw a deflated red balloon trapped in some shrubs. More peculiarly, there was a little note attached to the string.

The note, which was written in Spanish, was a Christmas list that was addressed to Santa from a little girl named Dayami. The sweet youngster simply said that she wanted some paints and new clothes for Christmas.

Heiss was moved by the letter, not just because of its innocence, but also because he used to send letters to Santa the very same way - so he became dedicated to fulfilling the child's Christmas wish.

"It really touched my heart to find it and I said well how in the heck am I going to be able to figure out how to make contact with this little girl and make her wishes come true," Heiss told KVOA.

He took to social media, hoping to find someone who could put him in contact with the family. With Christmas looming ever closer, Heiss eventually approached a Mexican radio station for help, and within one hour of them broadcasting his story, he was connected with Dayami's family in Nogales, Sonora.

Delighted for an opportunity to bring some holiday magic to the family, Heiss ditched work to go shopping for Dayami's gifts at Walmart and bring them down to Nogales.

Dayami's family was extremely grateful for the gesture, and Heiss and his wife were careful about telling the kids that the gifts were from Santa.

The gesture didn't just bring an immense amount of joy to Dayami's family, either - Heiss says that it meant a great deal to him and his wife as well.

"We lost our son nine years ago," Heiss told the news outlet. "So we don't have grandchildren in our future and so really getting to share Christmas with kids was something that's been missing in our lives."

Furthermore, Heiss has stayed in touch with Dayami's parents through social media, and they are quickly becoming extensions of each other's families - all thanks to his act of Christmas compassion.

(WATCH the video below) - Photos by Randy Heiss

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