OK, here's the article about Leah Shadd.(And check out who wrote it!)
“Do you want to know my dream?” asks
Leah Shadd on her Snuggly Creatures site
(snugglycreatures.blogspot.com). “My dream
is to make stuffed animals and to give them to
children in poor countries around the world.”
Leah has a dream in her heart, a passion to
serve, and compassion for special needs children.
So despite her own physical challenges
with scoliosis and deafness, her creativity
knows no bounds. Two years ago she bought
her first sewing machine and since then she has
made over 124 stuffed animals.
Her dream is big: to connect with missionaries,
service workers, travelers and non-profit
organizations to send stuffed animals to all 195
countries in the world. Recently, Leah sent a
large package of her Snuggly Creatures to
Brittany’s Hope Foundation, an organization
that provides cribs for special needs children in
orphanages in Vietnam and Ethiopia. This past
summer she designed a beautiful butterfly toy
for her support child in Mexico. And the dream
continues: in March another 22 Snuggly Creatures
will be sent to a small village in
Nicaragua.
She is a remarkable woman.
Leah does not know if she will fulfill her
dream. What she does know is that there are
many children in the world who have nothing,
and her heart compells her to help. Her dream
is big, but with your prayers and suggestions
for partnerships in this mission she will keep
moving closer to making this dream come true.
by Robin Saylor is a founding
member of Connections
Community Church
(connectionschurch.ca).
CHRISTIAN LIFE IN LONDON
Visit us online at http://www.clilondon.com/
December 2008 -January 2009 Presented by the Christian Churches Network of London
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