Katie Davis Missionary in Uganda - 1197 Words

Katie Davis People tell me I am brave. People tell me I am strong. People tell me good job. Well here is the truth of it. I am really not that brave, I am not really that strong, and I am not doing anything spectacular. I am just doing what God called me to do as a follower of Him. Feed His sheep, do unto the least of His people. These words from Katie Davis speak volumes of this young womans heart for the people of Uganda. In December of 2006, 18 year-old Katie Davis from Brentwood, Tennessee, traveled to Uganda on a missions trip she did when she was on her schools winter break. She was immediately captivated with the people and the culture. Completely impacted and changed, she decided to go to Uganda and follow her heart and†¦show more content†¦She said it got to a point where it would have been the same price to live in a smaller house for the same price, and also, she felt the Lord impressing on her heart to except this offer. So she moved into the house and wasnt even close to ex pecting what would happen shortly after. Sometime shortly after moving into the house, there was a house in Katies neighborhood that had collapsed and left three young Ugandan children without a home. She found out from other sources that these children had been living by themselves because their father had passed away a few years ago. Katie could not get her mind wrapped around the fact that they didnt have anyone taking care of them and that they were just taking care of themselves. So in her words, They dont have a home, and I have a house, so they can come stay with me. So it started out that she was just allowing them to stay at her house and she was feeding them and taking care of them. The Lord broke her heart for these kids though. In one year she had had 8 children living with her in her house in Uganda. After the one year was up of her volunteering, she came back to the United States. She had previously planned on it only being a year long trip and she wanted to honor her father and mother and do what she had committed to. But inside she says that she felt as if that was so wrong to leave. It started to become so apparent to her that Uganda was not a year, Uganda was what God was calling her to forShow MoreRelatedYou Are Living The American Dream1174 Words   |  5 Pagesthe American dream. Now imagine that you are again nineteen years old, but living in Uganda. You have little money, few belongings, no peers or mentors, and no education past high school. Instead, you are a single, homeschooling mother to eight girls, all under twelve years old, and all of which still struggle to even speak your language. Katie Davis Majors, a missionary to Uganda and author of Kisses From Katie and Daring to Hope, lived both of those lives and shifted from one to the other in