It's amazing how many folks I hare shared the Sole Hope mission with since leaving Asheville this AM. Our new shirts with the mission statement on the back have people "tapping us on the shoulder" asking to hear more about what we're doing in Africa. Could it be that our journey "from here to there" is a bigger part of the mission than we may understand? Its rather funny... We can make "our" perfect plans, then we put our heads down and try to connect two dots.... Only to miss the bigger opportunities along the way... To take time to listen to someone and/or share of ourselves, and our own journeys. Isn't our journey what got us here... or there? People are starving for the opportunity to connect! They crave encouragement. Let me tell you... It's why I'm here on this plane right now. I have been admiring you who have made commitments to serve. You, the selfless. You, who are not letting the overwhelming statistics about poverty and disease get in the way of trying to change just one life at a time. You, who have modeled for me that to lay down your life for another is not a loss... But a blessing that far exceeds anything that this world can offer... A blessing that can only be given by our heavenly father. A blessing that can only be received by a changed heart.
Thinking of all of you!
Patrick
Our Mission is to offer HOPE for widows, orphans and others in impoverished and forgotten communities around the world through the trade of shoemaking.
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