At 13 years of age, Lejla Allison had decided that life in war torn Bosnia was not worth living. Then she received a shoebox.

A "full circle" story for Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse. Visit samaritanspurse.org/occ for more information.

Edited, graded and finished in 1080i/59.94 on Avid DS Nitris and converted to 1080/23.98p via Teranex. Titles in Adobe After Effects.

Producer: Charles Parker
Videography: Jeff Beason
Graphic Design: Jun Oh
Sound Design / Mix: Doug Kaufman