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Katie Davis wrote the New York Times Bestseller Kisses from Katie in 2008 to share how her life changed from growing up in an affluent neighborhood in Brentwood, Tennessee to moving to Uganda at the age of eighteen to become a missionary. My view on the world has changed drastically after reading this book mostly because I can relate to the beginning of her story as she begged her reluctant parents to allow her move to Uganda to serve the less fortunate. I also have been tasked with the same trials she faced with her parents and I can only pray my journey will follow along her footsteps one day. Much of Africa is war ravaged and broken. Upon Katie’s arrival to Jinja, Uganda she is shocked by the number of children begging for food and money on the side of the streets. No parents in sight, just young children fending for themselves in the hot sun. Children who have never been given a warm bath, these children are covered in filth. These children do not have a chance; they do not have an opportunity for education. These children have no one to teach them of God’s everlasting love.
Katie is a kindergarten teacher to 138 children in an orphanage which is not an easy job when faced with language barriers and children …show more content…
I, like Katie, have grown up with a family who loves and supports me. I never think about if or when I will be eating my next meal. These children have faced more challenges by age three than I have in my entire life. Katie handles every challenge she faces with grace and integrity. The children she loves and brings into her home have feet filled with jiggers, heads filled with lice and their bodies are ridden with disease. She never turns anyone away, no matter how hard their situation is, Katie loves them as Jesus would and serves them without hesitation. One day I hope to make an impact on people’s lives as Katie does each day in
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