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Irena Sendler. 1910-2008 A 98 year-old Polish woman named Irena Sendler recently died. During WWII, Irena worked in the Warsaw Ghetto as a plumbing/sewer specialist. Irena smuggled Jewish children out; infants in the bottom of the tool box she carried and older children in a burlap sack she carried in the back of her truck. She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers wanted nothing to do with the dog, and the barking covered the kids’ and infants’ noises. Irena managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children. She eventually was caught, and the Nazis broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar buried under a tree in her backyard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunited some of the families. Most had been killed. She helped those children get placement into foster family homes or adopted. Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize. She was not selected. Al Gore won - for a slide show on Global Warming
Katie, is a 22 year old from Tennessee who is now living in Uganda as a foster mother to 13 beautiful little girls. Her story is amazing and her blog is so incredibly inspiring. I am typically not one to be interested in religious causes and especially not causes outside of the US but I cannot help but be drawn back to this story. Most people know I strongly support causes helping children in the US. Not because this is where I am from, but because there is so much hurt, pain, and suffering right here in our own backyards. I do realize that the gift someone gives to a child in need is just as great no matter where the child has come from. Katie’s blog is uncensored, graphic, terrifying yet inspiring and hopeful. You will see images that make your heart hurt and read things that you could never imagine happening. It’s the cold hard truth. Katie is an amazing young woman. Please read about her journey and pass her story along.
LOVE THIS! "Blessing bags" (keep in car to give to homeless). What a wonderful idea and a great way to show someone compassion! so awesome
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the people and things that come to your mind when you hear music
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@Whitney Fernandez this is for you, do you feel any differently?!
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