When I went to Lima and Cusco, Peru on a Buckner International Shoes For Orphan Souls mission trip this past March, I got to see first-hand just how much orphaned children need new shoes and how happy they are to receive them. And they need pure, true love just as much as they need new shoes.

Here I am helping mi amiga Thalia with some new shoes!

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Julie of Buckner helps a girl try on some new shoes.

(Center) Photo of a boy's old shoes.

(Right) Me helping a young girl with her new shoes.

Photos by Jenny Pope of Buckner International.

Girls at the Girls Home in Cusco after they got their new athletic shoes. They'd been wearing their black school uniform shoes. Photo by Jenny Pope of Buckner.

Boys at Hogar in Cusco after they got their new shoes. Photo by Jenny Pope of Buckner.




I took this pic of mi amigo Doug Moore of WFRN (in Indiana) as he helped a little boy at a Boys Home in Cusco with his new shoes.

Here is Brad Fisk of ShareMedia Services checking out little Jose's feet to see if we had shoes to fit him. Sadly, we didn't have any shoes with us in Jose's size. However, some of the boy's clothes that I had brought to give away on the trip ended up in our bag for this home, so I was able to give Jose's mom some clothes for him. Buckner staff will make sure Jose gets new shoes.

Me and some sweet little boys as they show off their new shoes.

My shoes were a gift from my sister-in-law last year.

These boys were rescued from the streets and their shoes are gifts from people they've never met who donated new shoes to Shoes For Orphan Souls.

Here's Roy happily wearing his new shoes. Roy came into the boys home off of the streets the very day we came to bring shoes and minister! And, praise God, I am happy to say that Roy accepted Jesus as his Savior that day, too! :)

You see, Buckner's Shoes For Orphan Souls teams don't just bring children new shoes. They also bring the good news of God's love and the hope of salvation through Christ! As you shop for shoes to give to Shoes For Orphan Souls during WBFJ's Shoe Drive, please pray for the child who will receive the shoes. You can even send a note and/or a photo to the child who will get the shoes. Some of the kids we ministered to in Peru received notes/photos with their shoes from the person/people who donated the shoes. They were very happy to have that extra dose of love and assurance that someone really does care for them!

Between July 9th and Monday July 30th you can drop off new shoes for Shoes For Orphan Souls at these participating Christian bookstores across the Triad:

Winston-Salem
Carolina Christian Supply
Family Christian Stores
Lifeway Christian Stores
Piercing Light Christian Books & Gifts
The Master's Loft

Greensboro
Lifeway Christian Stores

High Point
New Life Books

Kernersville
Chosen Path Christian Bookstore
Lemstone Books
HeBrews Cafe & Bookstore (located inside Calvary Chapel of the Triad)

North Wilkesboro
For Heaven's Sake

Elkin / Jonesville
Heavenly Treasures

Shoes can also be dropped-off at WBFJ in Winston-Salem.
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James 1:27"Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world."

Next Monday, July 9th, we will be broadcasting live from 3 different areas to kick-off our shoe drive. Everyone who drops off a pair of new shoes during one of our remotes will receive a CD from WBFJ!

Lemstone Christian Books in Kernersville (8-10am)

Lifeway Christian Store, W-S (12p-2p)

Greensboro
Lifeway Christian Stores (4-6pm)

For more information about WBFJ's Shoes For Orphan Souls shoe drive, go to http://www.wbfj.fm/ or http://www.stereo1550.com/ and look for the SOS logo/banner or give us a call at 721-1560.

Happy Shoe-shopping!

:) Jennifer