Irena Sendler

I received a forward this morning that I almost deleted, but for whatever reason I looked at it first. I was truly touched by this story. God can use anyone, anytime, anywhere to do his work.

Forgive the grammar of the following story as I did copy and paste it out of an e-mail:

"Recently the world mourned the death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During
WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' .. She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German.) Irena smuggled infants out of the Ghetto in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried a burlap sack in the back of her truck for larger children. She also had a dog that she trained to bark when the Nazi
soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the children/infants noises. During this time she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children and infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the children she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar
buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived and reunite the families. Most had been gassed. Those children she helped were placed into foster families or adopted.

In 2007 Irena was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ... She was not
selected.

Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.

Now, more than ever, with Iraq , Iran , and others, claiming the
Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world
never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again."