In August 2013, we received a container of 15,372 Sketchers “crocs” style sandals, with the goal of distributing this resource through our local DR partners to meet physical needs while using the sandals as a tool to share the gospel. Recently, pastor Alexis Remigio leveraged the sandals in an outreach event from his local church in Santo Domingo Este. The church was able to give away 140 sandals to those in need, while reaching 140 adults, youth and children with the gospel—resulting in 32 professions of faith in Christ!

In Ephesians 1:4, Paul describes God’s intentionality and eternal plan in salvation: “…he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.” Before the foundation of the world, in love God selected those 32 individuals to fall at the foot of the cross and profess Christ as Savior. How humbling to think that in eternity past, God chose to use a pair of plastic Sketchers sandals as a tool to bring His fallen children from death to eternal life. Thanks for your donations and continued partnership as Empowering Action seeks to leverage temporal resources to create eternal change.

-Andy Manfredi, Director of Operations