Category Archives: Philanthropic

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New Shoes!

February 3, 2009 – 5:26 pm

Im not sure if any of you have heard about this new shoe company or not but I wanted to take a minute to highlight this philanthropic company called TOMS Shoes.

I was intrigued from the first time I laid eyes on their wide array of stylish shoes. They have lots of different choices for both men and women all with a simplistically modern yet rurally driven vibe that gives them a really different feel from the normal tenny’s. But what really drew me into this company was that when ever you purchase a pair of shoes, TOMS provides and delivers another pair of shoes to a child in need all throughout the world! One to One!

Thats when I was sold.. So I just got my second pair in the mail and I wanted to show you how sweet they are!

 

Those of you who know me know that my heart is the mission field.  After returned back from Kenya the second time I knew what an impact having a good solid pair of shoes has not only on the body itself but in the poverty stricken community as a whole. Although I have not attended one of  TOMS shoe drops I know from my experience what an impact it has on the joy and health in the community. I was glad to hear that TOMS focus is on Podoconiosis (Podo):

Podo is a debilitating disease that causes extreme swelling, repeated ulcers, and deformity in the feet and legs. Podo is 100% preventable with a good pair of shoes. Something that we so often overlook if it even crosses our minds in the first place. Millions of people are without a good pair of shoes or even a pair at all.  With already over 115,000 pairs donated I am excited to see how God will use this company to deliver and provide shoes to people in need all throughout the world! 

Check out their video of the shoe drop in Argentina!

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Thanksgiving Day!

December 1, 2008 – 3:28 am

Today I had the amazing privilege to go down to Cypress street in Placentia to help serve thanksgiving dinner for over 500 people as well as have the opportunity to document this joyous occation. It is the same place where a small team of us actively partake in developing the community through relationship building and spreading the good news of the Gospel every Tuesday night. My team specifically focuses on the communities youth from ages 4 to 12.  It has been a ministry that has truly touched my heart and have grown so close to many members of this community especially our little guys!

Along with dinner we had members of our church donate any unwanted clothing they had and the result was unexpectedly astonishing which required us to have to rent a UHAUL van! A great problem to have indeed. We had probably over 70 bags of clothing which we sorted out the night before thanksgiving which looked something like this :)

This is a picture of Cypress street before all the festivities started..  Trying to clean the place a little before we set up over 70 tables for dinner, face painting, live band, free buffet, bounce house, clothe donation, food donation, arts and crafts station, popcorn machine, and DJ Vicente bringin’ the hits!We knew that we were going to be fighting rain all day but it was pleasantly easy to work with.. It came down in spurts, large spurts, but spurts none the less.

The chaos begins!

I just had to post Randy all by himself.. If you cant tell he definitely wants to be the next WWE superstar!

Awesome face paint!

We had a huge turnout with over 700 warm turkey dinners served..

This was actually Christopher’s 3 time in line.. This 4 year boy can eat!

We had such a great turn out and were so excited so many people got warm clothes for the winter as well as a warm meal that they wouldnt have had before. We are looking forward to see what God has in store for this community in the future but for now we are eager and excited to be apart of all He is doing!

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