Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
Endless Questions and Beautiful Answers
When? What? Where? Why? These are all questions that I ask myself countless times every day and even more these past few months especially. As many of you probably know -- I like to be in control and I am extremely stubborn. There I said it. No I am not proud of it and a lot of times it can get me into some trouble, but it's who I am. I also at times have a hard time trusting people, and an even harder time asking for other people's help. Right now my life is busier than it ever has been. Between finishing high school. getting ready for college, working, spending time with friends, being a senior (yes it takes a lot of work contrary to popular belief), church, planning a mission trip, and spending quality time with my family -- it just all started feeling like to much. Instead of enjoying living one of the most memorable years of my life I was instead allowing myself to get weighed down. I think it's at these times that we are most vulnerable to the workings of the devil. He wipers messages of giving up and easier ways in your ear, and when that doesn't work he hits you even harder with words like "you're not good enough." I'm not going to lie, after a while I started to believe him. As hard as I would pray to God for answers or help nothing would happen. And because of the type of person I am I quickly became frustrated and didn't understand why I was not getting the answers I was looking for. Before long it finally became to much, and as much as it killed me to do so -- I had to ask for help. It was then that I realized that maybe that was God's plan the whole time. God puts struggles in our life not only to make the good times even more beautiful, but also to just simply make us stronger. He even promises us in 1 Corinthians that he will not give us more than we can bare. The Lord knows where I fall short, but I know through him I am made beautiful. Through the challenges the Lord set before me he forced me to become humble and realize all of the people around me who are there for me. No matter how hard I try, I can't do it on my own. And now looking back I couldn't be more thankful that the Lord forced me to realize it. So I guess what I am trying to say is... bring it on world, because I not only have amazing friends to help me through, but also an even more amazing God. Don't rush through life, enjoy every second because no matter how cliche it might sound -- we aren't promised tomorrow. I am so thankful to God for this life he has blessed me with, and although it's sometimes hard -- I wouldn't have it any other way.
XOXO,
Katie
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Answering God's Call
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." - Matthew 7:7-8
Well y'all I knocked and it looks like God has opened another door.
As most of you know I was blessed with the amazing opportunity to travel to Uganda, Africa last summer on a mission trip and it changed my life. It was the best and hardest 10 days of my life. When I left Uganda, I left a piece of my heart there, and after a lot of prayer and truly works of God.... I am being called back. This is my story.
About six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as well as helping to providing fundraising tools for families trying to adopt. I was twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the process of adopting a little boy and girl named Joseph and Daisy from Uganda, Africa. As soon as I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima Ministries, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane home not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again in his own time.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda.
Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide.
So now this is the really hard part, asking for help. I am a very independent person and I do not like having to ask others for help, but I know I have to put my stubbornness and ego aside. Because of the abruptness of this trip I have not been able to save up the necessary fund to purchase my plane ticket like I was able to this past summer. The total amount of funds needed is about 2,500 dollars. Ouch, I know. Please know that every tiny but helps. And if you are interested there are many different ways to get involved!!
1) I am selling Pampered Chef!
The Pampered Chef is a direct seller of high quality kitchen tools. I have grown up cooking with my mother and we both adore Pampered Chef. Our dear friend is a consultant and whenever we would have a Pampered Chef party she would tell me how awesome I would be at her job. Well, I have decided to give it a shot! I love hosting parties, cooking, and entertaining people.... so how hard could it be? Haha! Anyway if you are interested in having a party let me know! All of the funds I earn are going towards my trip.
2) I am selling beads!!
I have lots of gorgeous necklaces, bracelets, and earrings made from the Ugandan paper beads. Through 147, the beads and jewelry are made by women in Uganda as a way to provide them with a safe stable job, a way to provide for their family, and keeps them out of unsafe professions. What is really cool is that when I was in Uganda last summer I was picking up these necklaces, and now they are helping me be able to go back this summer. I am also selling beautiful crystal earrings made in Haiti. Necklaces are $20, Earrings are $15, and Bracelets are $17. You can email me orders at katieback2uganda@gmail.com
3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my social media!!
4) You can PRAY PRAY PRAY
This is the most needed thing of all. I am a FIRM believer in the power of prayer, and I need all I can get friends.
5) You can donate at http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there! Thank you so much for all of your love and support. It literally means the world to me.
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
XOXO,
Katie
Well y'all I knocked and it looks like God has opened another door.
As most of you know I was blessed with the amazing opportunity to travel to Uganda, Africa last summer on a mission trip and it changed my life. It was the best and hardest 10 days of my life. When I left Uganda, I left a piece of my heart there, and after a lot of prayer and truly works of God.... I am being called back. This is my story.
About six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as well as helping to providing fundraising tools for families trying to adopt. I was twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the process of adopting a little boy and girl named Joseph and Daisy from Uganda, Africa. As soon as I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima Ministries, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane home not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again in his own time.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda.
Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide.
So now this is the really hard part, asking for help. I am a very independent person and I do not like having to ask others for help, but I know I have to put my stubbornness and ego aside. Because of the abruptness of this trip I have not been able to save up the necessary fund to purchase my plane ticket like I was able to this past summer. The total amount of funds needed is about 2,500 dollars. Ouch, I know. Please know that every tiny but helps. And if you are interested there are many different ways to get involved!!
1) I am selling Pampered Chef!
The Pampered Chef is a direct seller of high quality kitchen tools. I have grown up cooking with my mother and we both adore Pampered Chef. Our dear friend is a consultant and whenever we would have a Pampered Chef party she would tell me how awesome I would be at her job. Well, I have decided to give it a shot! I love hosting parties, cooking, and entertaining people.... so how hard could it be? Haha! Anyway if you are interested in having a party let me know! All of the funds I earn are going towards my trip.
2) I am selling beads!!
I have lots of gorgeous necklaces, bracelets, and earrings made from the Ugandan paper beads. Through 147, the beads and jewelry are made by women in Uganda as a way to provide them with a safe stable job, a way to provide for their family, and keeps them out of unsafe professions. What is really cool is that when I was in Uganda last summer I was picking up these necklaces, and now they are helping me be able to go back this summer. I am also selling beautiful crystal earrings made in Haiti. Necklaces are $20, Earrings are $15, and Bracelets are $17. You can email me orders at katieback2uganda@gmail.com
3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my social media!!
4) You can PRAY PRAY PRAY
This is the most needed thing of all. I am a FIRM believer in the power of prayer, and I need all I can get friends.
5) You can donate at http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there! Thank you so much for all of your love and support. It literally means the world to me.
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
XOXO,
Katie
About
six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall
and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to
help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as
well as providing funderaising tools for families trying to adopt. I was
twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to
collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my
birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the middle of the adoption
of their little boy Joseph and little girl Daisy from Uganda. As soon as
I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the
mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became
great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I
felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the
world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About
six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall
and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to
help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as
well as providing funderaising tools for families trying to adopt. I was
twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to
collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my
birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the middle of the adoption
of their little boy Joseph and little girl Daisy from Uganda. As soon as
I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the
mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became
great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I
felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the
world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About
six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall
and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to
help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as
well as providing funderaising tools for families trying to adopt. I was
twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to
collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my
birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the middle of the adoption
of their little boy Joseph and little girl Daisy from Uganda. As soon as
I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the
mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became
great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I
felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the
world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About
six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall
and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to
help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as
well as providing funderaising tools for families trying to adopt. I was
twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to
collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my
birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the middle of the adoption
of their little boy Joseph and little girl Daisy from Uganda. As soon as
I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the
mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became
great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I
felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the
world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About
six years ago my life changed when I met a woman named Gwen Oatsvall
and learned about her charity 147 Million Orphans -- a ministry used to
help provide food, water, and medicine to orphans around the world as
well as providing funderaising tools for families trying to adopt. I was
twelve years old about to turn thirteen and I decided that I wanted to
collect money for a needy cause in lieu of receiving gifts for my
birthday. Gwen and her husband Scott were in the middle of the adoption
of their little boy Joseph and little girl Daisy from Uganda. As soon as
I met Gwen and got to know her and her family, I knew that this was the
mission God was calling me to serve. From that point forward I became
great friends with the family and fell in love with their children. I
felt God's call to do my part in helping to serve the orphans of the
world through 147.
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
About a year later Gwen invited me to come listen to a friend of her's named Katie Davis speak. Katie had began traveling to Uganda her senior year of high school and now lives there running her own non-profit, Amazima, and raising thirteen little girls of her own. It was that night, for the first time, that I heard God calling me to serve in Uganda. After Katie was done speaking I ran up to Gwen and told her that she was going to take me to Africa. And four years later... it happened!
This past summer I was blessed with the opportunity of going to serve with Gwen, her son, and a few others in Jinja, Uganda. It was the best 10 days of my life. The country of Uganda and it's people completely captured my heart. It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but it changed my life completely. I boarded that plane the first time apprehensive and unsure of how the Lord could use me, just an ordinary 17 year old girl. I came home with a heart over flowing with love and the realization that the Lord can use us all to HIS glory. The day I left Uganda was one of the best and worst days of my life. I had learned so much and had experienced so much love and joy. It was hard to board that plane not knowing when I would get to go back. My only comfort was in knowing that God sent me to Uganda for a reason and he would bring me back again.
I left my heart in Uganda and I knew that one day God would call me back there to go get it. What I was not expecting however was that it would be so soon. While in Uganda this past summer I had the great opportunity of serving at Heal Ministries. Heal Ministries is a charity that serves abandoned women and children in Jinja, Uganda. By offering English, Business, and Bible classes as well as preschool and child care, Heal helps to give these women the confidence and tools they need to break the poverty cycle in Jinja. When the opportunity arose for me to go serve with Heal again I felt God's constant presence pushing me slowly back to Uganda. Ever since I had gotten home my heart had been heavy with a searching burden, and I now know that It was the Lord preparing to send me back.
There is just one little problem though, it ain't cheap. I am a firm believer that through Christ all things are possible. When it is God's calling he will provide a way for it to happen. As scary as it is I putting my full faith in the Lord knowing that he will provide. If you feel God is calling you to donate to help me get back to Uganda I am so very thankful. Please know that every tiny but helps. There are many different ways to get involved!! 1) You can donate here 2) You can order Ugandan beads for $20 by emailing me at katieback2uganda@gmail.com 3) You can stay informed about any fundraisers I am having through my blog annakatherinebrowning.blogspot.com
If you are unable to donate that is more thank okay, prayers are needed just as much!! I know the Lord is calling back to Uganda and it is through the help of people like you that I can get there!
"As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."
-1 Peter 4: 10-11
- See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/getting-katie-back-to-uganda/141169#sthash.O6V1EWzQ.dpuf
Monday, January 13, 2014
Because holding an orphaned child in your arms is "soo cute"...
Today I witnessed something that truly made me sick. Maybe I am just over reacting, but you know what y'all, I just can't keep myself from saying anything about it. That is how truly outraged am. I guess I should actually explain what I saw. Today while doing my usual scroll down my Facebook homepage I saw a link to an article with the title "The Four Cutest Ways to Photograph Yourself Hugging A Third-World Child." (Here is the article if you want to see it yourself http://www.reductress.com/cutest-ways-photograph-hugging-third-world-children/) If you know me at all, then I am guessing that you already have a pretty good idea of why this bothered me so much, but wait there is more. On the cover, all blown up, and headlined was a picture of Katie Davis. For those of you who do not know who she is, Katie Davis is simply put an amazing woman as well as one of my biggest role models. Katie moved to Africa straight out of high school and began serving in Uganda. Today she runs a non profit called "Amazima Ministries" and has 14 little girls that call her mom. Her blog kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com is beautiful and I encourage each and everyone of you to read it. Katie truly gave up everything and followed God's calling to Uganda where she selflessly serves every day. And yet here, a young woman close to the age of Katie herself, posted this article belittling everything that Katie and thousands of other missionaries do every day. And that ladies and gentlemen... truly repulses me.
Now I do need to address an issue. There are a lot of people in this world who do their "good deeds" for the wrong reasons. We all know those people who don't give in the name of the father, but instead in the name of receiving earthly praise. The bible warns us about those people. In Matthew 6 the Lord says "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." But guess what, at the same time it is most definitely not our place to judge these people. I mean there are far worst things that they could be doing. At least they are doing something for the betterment of this world! But again... that is not my point. I understand why people think it may be funny to mock these "women who pose with 3rd world children." As most of you know I have posted many many many pictures from my trip to Uganda this past year. But please let me tell you why.
I love Uganda. I love it's people, it's land, and it's culture. I was the happiest I have ever been while I was there. I post so many pictures from my journey to Africa not because I am searching for praise, but because those pictures are pieces of my HEART, my JOY, and my testament to the GLORY of GOD. Don't get my wrong, it is very easy to get caught up in the praise of going on a mission trip. People do praise you because it is scary and it is hard, but the praise is not what it is about. My constant prayer throughout my journey was that when people heard my story they would not think "what a great thing for her to do" but instead "how great of a God we have." I followed my heart and God's calling to Uganda. I served HIS people in HIS name. And you know what... I took A TON of cute pictures with children that I will cherish in my heart forever.
So now that I have gotten the chance to say my peace I will end with this. Sometimes I wish that I could be so simple minded to post an article like I saw today. That sounds really rude, and I promise I don't mean it to be. Sometimes I really do wish that I didn't know what it felt like to hold an abandoned baby in my arms ( and let me tell you folks... there is nothing "cute" about it.) Sometimes I wish that I didn't feel a hole in my heart everyday from the piece of it I left in Uganda. Sometimes I wish that I didn't miss those sweet Davis girls who showed me pure unconditional love. Sometimes I wish that God didn't call me to something so difficult. But then I remember the joy. I remember how clearly I was able to feel the spirit of the Lord in Uganda. I remember the all the smiling faces. I remember the light of the Lord that was shown through that trip. I remember what it was like to meet people who cling to the Lord, because he is all they have. And so I thank the Lord for calling me to Uganda. I thank the Lord, because although everyone may not get it, I was lucky enough to serve the man who gave his life up for me. For the first time in my life I saw a glimpse of what the Lord has in store for me.
1 Peter 2:15-
"For such is the will of God that by doing what is right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men"
P.S- That article was so wrong.... this is OBVIOUSLY the cutest way to pose with a third world child ;)
XOXO,
Katie
Now I do need to address an issue. There are a lot of people in this world who do their "good deeds" for the wrong reasons. We all know those people who don't give in the name of the father, but instead in the name of receiving earthly praise. The bible warns us about those people. In Matthew 6 the Lord says "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." But guess what, at the same time it is most definitely not our place to judge these people. I mean there are far worst things that they could be doing. At least they are doing something for the betterment of this world! But again... that is not my point. I understand why people think it may be funny to mock these "women who pose with 3rd world children." As most of you know I have posted many many many pictures from my trip to Uganda this past year. But please let me tell you why.
I love Uganda. I love it's people, it's land, and it's culture. I was the happiest I have ever been while I was there. I post so many pictures from my journey to Africa not because I am searching for praise, but because those pictures are pieces of my HEART, my JOY, and my testament to the GLORY of GOD. Don't get my wrong, it is very easy to get caught up in the praise of going on a mission trip. People do praise you because it is scary and it is hard, but the praise is not what it is about. My constant prayer throughout my journey was that when people heard my story they would not think "what a great thing for her to do" but instead "how great of a God we have." I followed my heart and God's calling to Uganda. I served HIS people in HIS name. And you know what... I took A TON of cute pictures with children that I will cherish in my heart forever.
So now that I have gotten the chance to say my peace I will end with this. Sometimes I wish that I could be so simple minded to post an article like I saw today. That sounds really rude, and I promise I don't mean it to be. Sometimes I really do wish that I didn't know what it felt like to hold an abandoned baby in my arms ( and let me tell you folks... there is nothing "cute" about it.) Sometimes I wish that I didn't feel a hole in my heart everyday from the piece of it I left in Uganda. Sometimes I wish that I didn't miss those sweet Davis girls who showed me pure unconditional love. Sometimes I wish that God didn't call me to something so difficult. But then I remember the joy. I remember how clearly I was able to feel the spirit of the Lord in Uganda. I remember the all the smiling faces. I remember the light of the Lord that was shown through that trip. I remember what it was like to meet people who cling to the Lord, because he is all they have. And so I thank the Lord for calling me to Uganda. I thank the Lord, because although everyone may not get it, I was lucky enough to serve the man who gave his life up for me. For the first time in my life I saw a glimpse of what the Lord has in store for me.
1 Peter 2:15-
"For such is the will of God that by doing what is right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men"
P.S- That article was so wrong.... this is OBVIOUSLY the cutest way to pose with a third world child ;)
XOXO,
Katie
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