Shoes for Orphan Souls

My aunts church is collecting shoes for "Shoes for Orphan Souls"...She invited us to come and share with the church a little of our adoption story and the need we saw for shoes. We were excited about the opportunity to share our story and yes, I still get emotional about it=) Did you know that "Shoes for Orphan Souls" was originally called "Shoes for Russian Souls"? In 1995 a group went to St. Petersburg, Russia to work in  the orphanages.  They noticed that the baby's all had rubber bands tied around their shoes to hold them on. The older kids had so many holes in their shoes that they wore plastic bags over them to keep the snow out.

When we met Andrew for the first time we noticed that his shoes were too small for his feet.  The next couple of visits his shoes were probably 2 sizes too big..making it very difficult for him to walk.  We have heard that in some orphanages the children either get shoes or socks...but never both simply because there isn't enough to go around.
This ministry has created an awesome opportunity to help care for the children around the world!