24 Days of Advent: Small Soles, Big Hope (#SmallThingsGreatLove)

Pushing the silk Christmas table runner and the glittery glass balls aside, we traced and cut, pinned and matched, our heads bent low over bright striped cotton and denim cloth. We were quiet, Christmas carols from the iPod filling the dining room as we guided pinking shears and scissors along Sharpie lines, tracing patterns for toddler size tens that will make their way from Nebraska to Uganda.

“Just think about this for a second,” Brad said, holding up a pair of castoff jeans. “A little kid...