Shawn Bradshaw

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For Shawn Bradshaw, serving as Cottage Manager at Grace Cottage is not just a job—it's a calling from God and the fulfillment of a deep-rooted love for children and families. With a tender heart and unwavering faith, Shawn creates a safe, loving, and Christ-centered home for homeless mothers and their children through the HomePlace Ministry at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home.

Shawn has been walking in this calling for nearly 12 years—nine of those years spent as a foster parent in the Children's Home's foster care ministry (also known as Residential Foster Care), and now nearly three years as the Cottage Manager of Grace Cottage. Her commitment to serving others is shaped by her own journey as a substitute teacher, teacher's aide, full-time homeschooling mother, and youth leader alongside her husband at their church.

This life of ministry and service laid the perfect foundation for the work she now does at Grace Cottage. Shawn meets each family where they are, offering not only shelter but also compassion, guidance, and the kind of steady love that many have never experienced before.

Over the years, Shawn has witnessed countless stories of transformation—mothers rediscovering their strength, children beginning to smile again, and families starting to believe in themselves through the love and support they receive. And though many of those stories are too personal to tell in full, she carries each one in her heart as a testimony of what God can do when people are surrounded by love and grace.

What Shawn is most proud of is simple but profound: "I get to serve a mighty God, and I get to serve women and children. I get to show them what unconditional love really looks like." To every child who's lived under her care, her message is clear and lasting: "You will always be loved." Her hope is that the families who pass through Grace Cottage leave knowing they are strong, capable, never alone, and deeply loved—by her, and more importantly, by God.

Many of those families still stay in touch, reaching out with updates, thank-yous, and simple moments of connection that reaffirm the lasting bonds built at Grace Cottage. Through her steady presence and Christ-like love, Shawn Bradshaw continues to be a beacon of hope and healing for mothers and children in need—showing them that grace is more than a name on the cottage door. It's something they can carry with them, wherever life takes them next.