Amazima Ministries

I'm excited about this next Series of blogs! Every Monday....from here on out, I will be highlighting different ministries that are near and dear to my heart.  I'm really excited about making you aware of these ministries .  They are doing awesome things for the Kingdom and hope that you enjoy reading about them as much as I have.  As you read these, be in prayer on how you can partner, support, or just spread the word about the work being done.  There is power in knowledge!!

Our first highlight is Amazima Ministries.  This is an organization that feeds, educates, and encourages orphaned children and the poor in the country of Uganda.  This is a special ministry.  It was founded by Katie Davis in 2008 when she was only 19.  She is a southern girl from Tennessee who followed the high calling that the Lord had for her.  I love this story because she visited Uganda on a short term mission trip and came back, graduated high school, and allowed the Lord to take her to this place of complete surrender.  She knew the Lord was calling her back to Uganda.  Thankfully her parents trusted God and knew that there is  no more perfect place then in the perfect will of an almighty God.   She committed herself to going back and working as a teacher for the orphanage and quickly saw an overwhelming need.  If you know anything about Uganda, you know the whole country is overwhelmed with need.  Poverty, sickness, and war rage on.  These are desprate people. 

God laid it on Katie's heart to start a child sponsorship program, matching orphaned and vulnerable children who are unable to afford schooling with sponsors anywhere in the world. Sponsors pay $300 per year to send one child to school, providing school supplies, 3 hot meals each day, spiritual discipleship, and medical care. Originally planning to have 40 children in the program, Katie had signed up 150 by January 2008. Today the program sponsors over 400 children. (information taken from the Amazima Ministries website.)

Another amazing aspect of Katies ministry is her own personal commitment to these children.  At 23 years old she is the foster mom of 14 young girls.  She is parenting as a single parent and loving these girls with ALL she has.  She is an amazing inspiration to me personally and I can't wait to see how our precious Lord continues to bless her family and ministry. 

Check out her website and read her story in "kisses from katie".  Also, follow their facebook page.  One of my favorite things she states in her book is this:

I'm not here to eliminate poverty, or eradicate disease, or to put a stop to people abandoning babies. I'm just here to love. 

- Katie Davis

That has stuck out to me so much.  We are here to love one person at a time, to feed one child, to minister to one mother, to reach one family. We aren't going to change the world in a day, but one day can change a life. 

I hope that you will follow this ministry and pray for Katie's family!