We've got shoes!

We have shoes!!!! On trip one we were asked by Tatiana, the orphanage director, to bring back shoes for the kids. I contacted Stride Rite who have been making great shoes for years. I'll admit, I've never bought anything at a Stride Rite store because I don't have a kid but when Aidai gets home I bet she will have to wear their shoes because her feet need the help. Stride Rite normally donates to one big organization but they decided to go ahead and send me some shoes. My contact asked what we needed and I said I didn't care if they were ugly, seconds, discontinued whatever as long as they would help the kids foot health.

Imagine my suprise when she wrote back that she had just sent me 50 pairs of sample shoes! I know what clothing samples are but wasn't sure how shoe makers make and use samples. When I received the boxes and opened them there were 50 pairs boxed with the tissue wrapping and everything, just like in the store. I can't get all the boxes over to Kyrg so we are going to take all the shoes out and space bag them and pray that they will fit in two big suitcases.