Kisses From Katie

I was introduced to this precious girl and her blog a few years ago. It was before I was really familiar with blogs and into following them so even though I was completely amazed by Katie's heart...I kind of lost touch with her and her blog.

We are walking through the lobby at church this past Sunday and there is a big kiosk with these book stacked up everywhere

and then this cute little girl sitting behind the counter signing books for an enormously long line of people. I was so excited that Katie Davis was here in person. Much to my surprise she spoke during the majority of the message at church.

Just to enlighten yall on the summarized version of this kid...Katie is from Brentwood, TN and she visited Uganda as a senior in high school. That spiraled into her moving to Uganda to teach Kindergarten which eventually resulted in her staying there permanently. She is now 24 years old and is a mother to 13 little girls she has adopted, she started a child sponsorship program which provides food, education and medical care for over 400 children daily. In the course of her time in Uganda, Katie has also founded and runs a non-profit organization, Amazima Ministries, which meets many needs of the people surrounding her in Uganda. It includes a feeding program that feeds 1600 children Mon through Fri and provides medical care, Bible study and general health training to the community. There is also a vocational program that has been developed to help the women work and provide for their families. My little summary does not even do justice what the Lord has been using this girl to do in Uganda with the people there. Please check out the links I provided to learn more about the ministry and needs in Uganda. Even in times at our worst here in the United States, we are still wealthy compared to the living conditions of the people there.

I just finished reading the book Kisses From Katie. What a powerful compelation of Katie Davis' time in Uganda and the ways the Lord has used her to reach the people there just from her being willing to be used. How convicting it has been to read and realize that we may not live directly in a place with starving children, disease and crippling poverty, but we do live around people with real needs who need to see, experience and know the love of Jesus.

It also brought to my attention how inexpensive it is for us to help the people in Uganda. Through the links provided, there are different ways you can support Katie Davis and her work in Uganda. You can sponsor a child, donate to Amazima Ministries or buy some jewelry handmade by the women she is working with. We live in so much abundance when there are people in this world who literally can't afford one meal a day!

I also attached a link to a video they showed at church this past Sunday. The book is awesome and I highly recommend it, but the video is a good introduction to it.
http://www.simonandschuster.com/multimedia?video=1199955254001