Kisses from Katie : a story of relentless love and redemption
(2012)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/MAJORS,K
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Howard Books, 2012
EDITION
First Howard Books trade paperback edition
DESCRIPTION
xxi, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781451612097, 1451612095, 9781451612097
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Includes an interview with the author
Katie Davis traveled to Uganda for a short mission trip over the Christmas break of her senior year in high school. She found herself so moved by the Ugandan people and their needs that she knew it was her calling to return to care for them. She is now in the process of adopting thirteen children there, and has established the ministry, Amazima, that cares for hundreds more. Here, she shares her story
CONTENTS
Falling in love --
With a country --
In the crucible of contradiction --
Enough to go around --
Saying yes --
"Can I call you 'Mommy'?" --
A change of heart --
Deep hunger, deep gladness --
How great a distance love can bridge --
Everything I need --
A promise to keep --
Living the secret --
A glimpse of heaven --
Amazing grace --
A different kind of education --
Three thousand friends --
Just one more --
He sets the solitary in families --
Counting the cost --
A Jja Ja for us --
Always enough