Oct 26, 2009
Filed in Giving, Going, Volunteering
Shoes for Orphan Souls Help Children Step Back Into the Classroom
By Analiz González Schremmer
Buckner International
(BROWNSVILLE, Texas) — Without shoes, Mexican children can’t go to school.
Harvest Field Ministries knows that. That’s why they partner with Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls.
For the past four years, Harvest Field Ministries has distributed Shoes for Orphan Souls to indigenous [...]
Oct 26, 2009
Filed in Giving, Volunteering
By Emily Underwood
Buckner International
(DALLAS, Texas) — If blind faith is believing that God can be your eyes, then Brenda Blackburn’s vision is 20/20.
Blackburn, along with four other adult volunteers from Lakin United Methodist Church in Lakin, Kan., traveled nine hours to Mesquite, Texas with their church youth group to perform mission work at Buckner International’s [...]
Oct 26, 2009
Filed in Volunteering
(MIDLAND, Texas) — About 13,000 people attended Rock the Desert, a Christian concert that brought in more than 8,500 Shoes for Orphan Souls. The concert was held August 7 and 8 and featured some of today’s most popular Christian artists including Disciple, Kutless, Switchfoot, LeCrae and Chris Tomlin.
Oct 12, 2009
Filed in Volunteering
September 1, 2009
60,000 pairs of shoes provided
Thanks to Crocs and Global Aid Network
We’ve reached our goal!
Oct 12, 2009
Filed in Going, Volunteering
By Janet Gerow
At first I thought the hardest thing was actually going to Vietnam. The trip was originally planned to go to China, and when we were re-routed for Vietnam due to a swine-flu fear in the other country, I felt rushed and not sure if I was spiritually ready to give my all to [...]
