Editor’s Note: This testimony is from an excerpt of the “Weekly Word From Your Pastor” e-mail sent to members of First Baptist Church of Sunnyvale, Texas. Their church held a shoe drive on Oct. 16.

What a blessed day we had last Sunday. Everyone looked comfortable in your “Game Day” jerseys, and there was such excitement about not only being at church, but making the world a better place by bringing shoes to be given away. I was so moved when I saw our church family bring over 800 pair of shoes and lay them on the altar. I want to share part of a letter I received Sunday.

Bro. Charlie,

I just want to let you know how proud I am of our church. As I watched the people line up to take, not just one pair, but three or four and even stacks full of boxes of shoes to the front of the church, I couldn’t fight back the tears from rolling down my face. Read More

By Lauren Hollon Sturdy

COPPELL, Texas—One teacher at the Coppell Dance Centre doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to protecting kids’ feet.

Keith Green, director of hip-hop at the studio, found a way to put his passion and talents to a creative use to collect shoes and money for Shoes for Orphan Souls and Buckner ministries last month. He organized a hip-hop workshop fundraiser called “Good 4 the Sole,” and challenged dancers to give new shoes to attend the event at a discounted rate. Read More

by Tim Sinclair

“Everything looks like it’s under construction, but I’m pretty sure that none of it is.”

That was my first thought as our bus made its way up to the Pamplona district of Lima, Peru. Walls were half built. Roofs were unfinished. There were holes for windows with no glass in sight. The “homes” in Pamplona have been built into the side of the hills, and if one started to fall I’m quite sure that they all – like dominoes – would crumble in succession. It is hands down the most poverty-stricken place I have ever been to. Read More

By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International

MIDLAND — More than 2,600 pairs of shoes were collected for Shoes for Orphan Souls at Rock the Desert this year, bringing the total for the last three years to around 16,000 pairs. The concert with a cause also brought in 349 pairs of new socks and $728. Read More