Sole Cutting Party & UPDATE

I am so sorry I have been slacking in keeping all of our supporters updated!  It is definitely not because nothing is going on with Sole Hope.  Quite the contrary, there is SO much going on!  Last Saturday I had the opportunity to go to the house of a Sole Hope supporter, and now new friend.  She invited myself and over 20 people over for me to share Sole Hope with.  I first shared with a group of young girls the vision and passion behind Sole Hope.  Then I showed them how to cut out a pair of shoes.  Next we did that with a group of high schoolers and between the two groups, (plus the moms) we cut out a LOT of shoe uppers!  And, I got to spread the word about Sole Hope.

(Group 1)

Our shoe sewing time is now down to 2-3 hours.  I made a pair a few days ago in a couple of hours and it was FUN!  I really enjoyed it!  We have shoes sized from a toddler five up to a children's five.  As we grow and get more experience we will add shoe sizes. I sent Sole Hope's first pair of shoes to Kenya today.  They will go to a special girl who some missionary's from Asheville have taken under their wing.    

There is SO much going on behind the scenes right now with Sole Hope.  We are getting all of the technical stuff together that you need to have straight to run a non-profit.  We have a board of directors that are just amazing.  They are so encouraging and come from all walks of life with different background experience.  

As far as the December trip, there are lots of details being worked on.  The team did not have the money to buy tickets when the prices were low (airfare) and prices have now doubled, and so it looks like we might not have the money-thus we will have to wait until March.  This is a hard thing for me to digest for several reasons.  None of my reasons are bigger than doing this in God's timing though.  I firmly believe that He will get us to Ndola in HIS perfect timing, not mine.  I am not at all saying the trip for December is off, it might be a possibility that it is on hold until March.  We are all waiting on pens and needles to find out when we will be going.  

Sorry this blog is so "business".  I  felt so bad that I had not written an update!  Things have just been changing so rapidly, for the better.  Thank you for walking this journey with us!  And, if you are not a follower of this blog yet, join us.  It takes 60 seconds to add yourself...just go to the right side of this blog and do so now.