About the Shoe
The Shoe Story
As told by Thomas Scott, Owner and creator of MissionShoe
I served as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Brazil Ribeirão Preto Mission during the years of 2004-2006. As any other pre-missionary, I was WAY excited about serving a full time mission. I bought my dozen white shirts, some pairs of pants, luggage, shoes, and off I went straight to the São Paulo MTC.
After about ten months in the mission field, and three pairs
of shoes later, I stumbled across a local shoe company called Bompel, based out of Brazil, whose shoes were built specifically for security guards and postal workers. Now, If you have ever seen Brazilian postal workers, or the Correios*, they don't sit in their trucks all day. These men and women either walk or bike from house to house, putting an average of 20-30 miles a day on their shoes.
Sold through our mission office, they were the perfect match for us Elders.
In a pair of the above "Companheiros," I threw out my old pairs of shoes and spent the next 11 months in the field, in an all walking area. This shoe lasted 4 times longer, were half the weight, and a fraction of the price I had paid with my previous shoes. Even after 11 months, the all-leather upper was still in excellent shape, but the sole had finally worn a hole in the back of the heel, due to my heavy instep.
Upon my return back to the US in August of 2006, and after some specific modifications for missionaries, MissionShoe was created and launched January of 2008. These shoes, as well as a handful of others models, are geared specifically for Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Go ahead, try them out for yourself, or your son in the field. They won't let you down, I promise.
Believe me, I talk by experience.
*Neither MissionShoe, nor Bompel are endorsed by Correios of Brasil.
As told by Thomas Scott, Owner and creator of MissionShoe
I served as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Brazil Ribeirão Preto Mission during the years of 2004-2006. As any other pre-missionary, I was WAY excited about serving a full time mission. I bought my dozen white shirts, some pairs of pants, luggage, shoes, and off I went straight to the São Paulo MTC.
After about ten months in the mission field, and three pairs
of shoes later, I stumbled across a local shoe company called Bompel, based out of Brazil, whose shoes were built specifically for security guards and postal workers. Now, If you have ever seen Brazilian postal workers, or the Correios*, they don't sit in their trucks all day. These men and women either walk or bike from house to house, putting an average of 20-30 miles a day on their shoes.Sold through our mission office, they were the perfect match for us Elders.
In a pair of the above "Companheiros," I threw out my old pairs of shoes and spent the next 11 months in the field, in an all walking area. This shoe lasted 4 times longer, were half the weight, and a fraction of the price I had paid with my previous shoes. Even after 11 months, the all-leather upper was still in excellent shape, but the sole had finally worn a hole in the back of the heel, due to my heavy instep.
Upon my return back to the US in August of 2006, and after some specific modifications for missionaries, MissionShoe was created and launched January of 2008. These shoes, as well as a handful of others models, are geared specifically for Missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Go ahead, try them out for yourself, or your son in the field. They won't let you down, I promise.
Believe me, I talk by experience.
*Neither MissionShoe, nor Bompel are endorsed by Correios of Brasil.