Katie Davis

The pictures are posted on our fridge....they are of three little girls we sponsor and pray for; the girls live in Uganda, Africa.

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Katie Davis is a 20 year old missionary who gave up a very comfortable life to move to Uganda and serve the homeless, the starving, and the disease/AIDS ravaged children. At this moment, 14 little girls who were once homeless, call her "mom". In addition, she is school teacher, mentor, and friend to hundreds of others. Her ministry is http://www.amazima.org/, and we found the three precious girls who smile at us every time we reach into our fridge to get some food through Katie and her ministry.

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I don't know of another young lady who has inspired my children more than missionary, Katie Davis. If you don't know her, I would like to invite you to check out her blog: http://www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/ and be totally and completely inspired. You will want to read all of her posts, but I'd like to recommend some of my recent favorites......read them in this order if you can find about 30 minutes of time: November 20, 2009; December 15, 2009; January 22, 2010; and February 11, 2010.

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Lydia and Natalie check Katie's blog daily for updates and pray for her (and her children) regularly. I posted a video (see above) of Lydia singing a song she wrote for Katie called: "A Search For Life That Is Real". I decided to post Lydia's song in an effort to honor the impact this young woman of God is making in the lives of so many of the youth in America. Because of Katie, my girls know it is possible to serve the Lord in orphan care.....even if they are serving all alone, with no one alongside them save the King of Kings!!!

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Oh, don't you know the Father loves Katie? Can't you see Him sitting by her bed each morning waiting on her to wake and start her day of ministry? While she feeds breakfast to her fourteen little ones, can you picture Him rejoicing in the love Katie has shown them and the smiles on their faces? After scooting the kiddies off to school, can you imagine Jesus anticipating walking along by Katie's side as she visits the "least of these", bringing them His joy, His hugs, and His love? And while they walk through the villages together, can you feel the tenderness in His tears as He views the suffering, the starving, and the lost? I can picture it! She left her family to serve God's family, and isn't that what scripture calls us to do:


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"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters----yes, even his own life----he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:26


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The Father wants us to love Him so much that every single other thing in our lives pales dreadfully in comparison and even appears as hate when held up to it. Black compared to White. Ice compared to Fire. Rough vs. Smooth. Light vs. Darkness. The Living compared to The Dead.


Enjoy Lydia's tribute to Katie above and also take some time to read Katie's blog: http://www.kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/