After completing a degree in Biokinetics, Mark worked in the sports industry in South Africa. He briefly worked in the US before eventually moving to the UK for the next 11 years. He worked in the sports fitness industry and then financial services before answering the call to ministry as a church staff member in 2007.

 

Caroline is from North Carolina, USA. In 2002, a three month overseas missions trip left her "ruined for the ordinary" and ready to serve the Lord in missions wherever He would send her. While completing her undergraduate degree in Broadcast Communications and then a Masters in International Studies, she travelled on missions to Mexico, South Africa, Zambia and Scotland.

 

The Collies met when Caroline moved to Scotland to be part of a team starting a church in the city of Edinburgh in 2005. They married two years later. After serving the church in Edinburgh together, they felt the Lord drawing them back to Mark's home country to make a difference in the lives of people in poverty.

 

Mark and Caroline have one Scottish-African-American son, Asher and currently reside in Gordon's Bay, South Africa.

 

In partnership with YWAM and other local ministries, Samaritan's Feet will be blessing thousands of people in need with clean feet, new shoes and a message of hope through Shoes of Hope distributions all around South Africa during the World Cup. If you're interested in getting involved in a distribution near you, email us at mcollie@samaritansfeet.org or ccollie@samaritansfeet.org

 

 

You can make a difference in the lives of people in need by hosting a Samaritan Sunday for Samaritan's Feet at your church or organization. We'll give you the DVDs, brochures and information necessary to help us raise awareness and funds to put shoes on the feet of people all over sub-Saharan Africa. Please contact us if you want to know more!

 

Will you be in front of a camera, a microphone or a crowd anytime soon? Are you a pastor, a politician or even a sports celeb? We've got a big challenge for you! You can go Barefoot for Bare Feet to raise awareness of the estimated 300 million people around the world who wake up every day without shoes. If you want to go barefoot for Samaritan's Feet South Africa, please contact us at mcollie@samaritansfeet.org or ccollie@samaritansfeet.org

 

 

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF SAMARITAN'S FEET SOUTH AFRICA, PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE HERE:  http://www.samaritansfeetsa.com