A couple days ago we received a box from Washington State...over 60 pairs of shoe uppers ready for us to take to Africa in 16 days. Shoe cutting parites have been taking place all over the United States and the results are GREAT!
This week our board chair, Hilary Black went to south Florida to teach others about Sole Hope! This is what she had to say,
"I did shoe cutting with 1st through 8th graders (1-3rd did painting on canvas to be made into shoes) yesterday and today with the 6th - 8th graders and tomorrow I will be at the school again making more. On Wednesday the 6th - College kids will be making shoes too! All of the kids watched the video that inspired us about jiggers and it was pretty amazing seeing their reactions...and it really made an impression on many of them. The shoes are super spunky with an assortment of fabrics! Here are some pictures.
Also in April there will be a Love Wins festival and the high school wants to set up a Sole Hope booth that will be showing the video and allowing people to sit down and make a pair of shoes along with selling t-shirts."
Since in previous posts I told you I would help you get to know our board of directors, (just not all at one time!) this seems like a good time to introduce you to Hilary. She is an amazing woman with a fun-loving personality. She has a 3 year old daughter and is married to a pretty cool guy who she helps with his PR business. She was the district manager for Starbucks for over 10 years and is loaded with business savvy and go get 'em! All that said, she is just awesome and so fun to work with and since embracing Sole Hope together (thus spending mass amounts of time in each others lives) I am honored to call her my friend.
Anyway, isn't that awesome! Kids are getting involved, adults are getting involved and TOGETHER we will impact the lives of thousands through a simple pair of shoes! If you would like to host your own shoe cutting party at a school, home, church or somewhere more creative send us an email! solehopeafrica@gmail.com
We are counting down the days until we leave, and in doing that have made some large strides in the direction we are heading. Our book is almost ready! And it looks AMAZING if I do say so myself. It will not be fancy...we have chosen to take donations and put shoes on kids feet instead of making a fancy book! So, we have to thank Printville who has been SO gracious in helping us with this endeavor, our illustrator Michael Hayes and the trusty sewing machine I will be using to bind our first 200 books myself. (PS-if you want to help and live in the Asheville Area let me know!)
Also, (SO excited about this!) Hugh Wright (above) will be joining us on this trip. Life has just aligned to open the doors for him to be able to go to Africa with us! Two weeks ago this would have been impossible...but wait, ALL things are possible with God. He has opened the doors for Hugh to go...16 days away from travel. For those of you that have been following from the beginning, do you remember how soon my first trip was pulled together for Africa?! QUICKLY, because when it is supposed to happen, it will happen. Not in our time, but in HIS.
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