tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post1730075020168665678..comments2023-10-22T02:25:48.115-07:00Comments on on earth as it is in heaven: What we've been up to...katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426837041067362644noreply@blogger.comBlogger272125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-18468690244187882532013-12-12T12:23:13.260-08:002013-12-12T12:23:13.260-08:00Thank you Katie,
"To god be the glory for th...Thank you Katie, <br />"To god be the glory for the things he has done." God led me to your book at a library book sale this weekend. I was curious just by seeing the cover. Once I opened it up I just couldn't put it down. I have shared your story with several people at work and in my family. I marvel at your gift of prophesy, servant and anointing. Thank you for the edification on the western world philosophy of materialism, acculturation and the newest definition of affluenza. I learned the meaning of affluenza this morning while listening to a news story about a 15 y/o from a wealthy family that murdered a family while driving drunk and is privilaged to go to a 2 yr rehabilitation as time served. Unbelievable. Anyway, thank you for teachining me and the world more about Jesus!!<br />DeirdraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-67150526182031175802013-05-11T17:33:14.475-07:002013-05-11T17:33:14.475-07:00Katie, I'm using a large chunk of this update ...Katie, I'm using a large chunk of this update to read on Mother's Day at our church tomorrow to really encourage moms in the Lord! The Lord is using you in far-reaching places! Love NEVER fails!<br />Your sis in Christ,<br />JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-76597755087370091272012-10-22T12:52:36.861-07:002012-10-22T12:52:36.861-07:00Just finished reading your book. Thanks so much f...Just finished reading your book. Thanks so much for giving me this God-gift. I had been feeling weary/discouraged about my work with the children in my resource room who come with so many issues emotionally, physically, psychologically, academically...a potpourri of RAD, behavior disorders, autism, low IQs, broken homes.<br /><br />Your writing helped me get back on track with loving these kids unconditionally and then letting God work out the details through me to helping them with their various issues.<br /><br />Praying you will feel God-loved today and that his precious arms of grace will surround you.<br /><br />Friend in ChristAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-52329120588309020932012-09-28T08:50:20.961-07:002012-09-28T08:50:20.961-07:00Thank you for sharing. Thank you for being honest....Thank you for sharing. Thank you for being honest. I cant imagine what is like for you there. But, being a Mom...in general...is a pretty amazing job. It's long hours, never ending list, never ending messes,no sick days (for mom), never enough rest,the list can go on really. But, it is rewarding. More than any raise, or title. When your children look up at you and say "Mommy, your the best Mommy in the whole world!" it makes, the noise not so loud, the messes not so big, and life not so boring. I hope you have many "Mommy, your the best" moments today and in the days to come! I pray your children will rise up and call you blessed. That God would give us all the Grace needed to keep going, fighting this good fight. That we would win the race set before us! Enid Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391287252355991550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-60023911233581123722012-09-25T19:42:12.629-07:002012-09-25T19:42:12.629-07:00This entirely the best web site,these individuals ...This entirely the best web site,these individuals worth should be able to safeguard it , thanks a lot the exact bloger£¬I believe you can appealing around <strong><a href="http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com/football-sleeve-caps-c-29.html" rel="nofollow">Football Sleeve Caps</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com/football-snapback-hats-c-30.html" rel="nofollow">Football Snapback Hats</a></strong>. the pet a lot of our webpage :http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com.linchunxiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775036011793494384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-17867159444218976302012-09-16T19:24:20.404-07:002012-09-16T19:24:20.404-07:00Oh my! What a beautiful blog and how gracious you ...Oh my! What a beautiful blog and how gracious you are to share your struggles, thoughts and joys with us. Something about your writing style reminds me of Bishop Sheen's book, Treasure In Clay. He too, loved spending an hour with Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. May God continue to bless your ministry.Gerilynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10713655598495306950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-939923525864295752012-09-12T16:32:55.685-07:002012-09-12T16:32:55.685-07:00It sounds like you are on a spiritual journey. Don...It sounds like you are on a spiritual journey. Don't stay up late at night to much. Your health should always be number 1. Your book is going to be awesome. Just what my heart says. Mikehttp://www.rawhoney.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-31476720248160195782012-09-02T13:30:32.341-07:002012-09-02T13:30:32.341-07:00Hello Katie! My mother received your book for her ...Hello Katie! My mother received your book for her birthday in June, and I just picked it up this afternoon and finished it in three hours. :) <br /><br />I am beyond words in the joy that I feel when I hear how God is working through you. I am the same age as you actually, so to read your book is to hear some echoes of my own struggles, yet you my friend, are more fulfilled and blessed than i'd ever be able to know! I've also spoken with Bob Goff, who's book has also recently inspired me.. and I feel that i would like to visit Uganda sometime in the near future! Until then, many many prayers to you and your children. <br /><br />Thank you for writing this blog, I hope you realize just how much you are being used to minister to all of us in the States as well!! Blessings!<br /><br />~JenniferMarie's World...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07544834350470495063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-35699354500673015592012-09-02T13:29:10.632-07:002012-09-02T13:29:10.632-07:00Hello Katie! My mother received your book for her ...Hello Katie! My mother received your book for her birthday in June, and I just picked it up this afternoon and finished it in three hours. :) <br /><br />I am beyond words in the joy that I feel when I hear how God is working through you. I am the same age as you actually, so to read your book is to hear some echoes of my own struggles, yet you my friend, are more fulfilled and blessed than i'd ever be able to know! I've also spoken with Bob Goff, who's book has also recently inspired me.. and I feel that i would like to visit Uganda sometime in the near future! Until then, many many prayers to you and your children. <br /><br />Thank you for writing this blog, I hope you realize just how much you are being used to minister to all of us in the States as well!! Blessings!<br /><br />~JenniferMarie's World...https://www.blogger.com/profile/07544834350470495063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-62147537883552769912012-08-28T03:44:15.181-07:002012-08-28T03:44:15.181-07:00How ever much you have given up of yourself to tel...How ever much you have given up of yourself to tell your story to many you will never know - you have in turn become Jesus' living light here on earth - you are an example of how to live faithfully and deeply in all that life brings your way. This example for others to draw strength from and an example for which to gleen from is a true blessing and gift. And for that we are truly thankful!Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389929671466588481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-13826719061837819192012-08-25T05:12:30.138-07:002012-08-25T05:12:30.138-07:00Hi Katie!
One of my sisters found your blog and ...Hi Katie! <br /><br />One of my sisters found your blog and got your book from the library... I've had a thought going around in my mind for a while now that I wanted to share with you. :) <br /><br />In the world's (and even some Christian's, sadly) eyes, what you've done is insane--or utterly amazing, astonishing. <br /><br />But, really--the more I've thought about it, the more I think you are one of the most sane, normal Christians I've heard of. Your response to the gospel, to God's word, is exactly what everyone's response should be--thankful, loving obedience. <br /><br />So--thank you for your example, and thank you for being a [what should be] normal Christian girl. :D <br /><br />Christ in you is amazing. <br /><br />Keep hoping, keep loving, and keep obeying. <br /><br />May God be with you yet more and more. <br /><br />In Christ's love,<br />Carissa<br /><br />P.S. You are just a bit older than me... I turned 22 this year. :)Carissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17385741682234449335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-39801217580312638272012-08-23T10:37:03.109-07:002012-08-23T10:37:03.109-07:00Hey Katie!
I've read your book and i am prayin...Hey Katie!<br />I've read your book and i am praying for you and your dear girls. I am praying for Amazima and all the people you come into contact with in Masease and the women over there you reach! I am buying a necklace and your beloved family is in my prayers! Love you,sister! -Ashley Banks, USA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-35284612189950509682012-08-21T19:17:25.760-07:002012-08-21T19:17:25.760-07:00katie, you sweet life is such an encouragement to ...katie, you sweet life is such an encouragement to me. you make me love jesus more. thank you for your faithfulness to our saviourlindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745543649714897133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-54948433773609575722012-08-21T19:14:27.829-07:002012-08-21T19:14:27.829-07:00katie, your sweet life is such an encouragement to...katie, your sweet life is such an encouragement to me. you make me love jesus more. thank you for your faithfulness to our savior.lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745543649714897133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-2394551886334586132012-08-21T19:11:25.399-07:002012-08-21T19:11:25.399-07:00katie, your sweet life is such an encouragement to...katie, your sweet life is such an encouragement to my heart. you make me love jesus more. thank you for you faithfulness in following our saviorlindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745543649714897133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-65518699383522198812012-08-20T23:14:58.540-07:002012-08-20T23:14:58.540-07:00praying for you in Uganda right now! the Lord used...praying for you in Uganda right now! the Lord used your blog years ago to open my eyes... don't even have enough room here to explain all the ways.. but i thought of you just now and prayed for you and wanted you to know. :)<br /><br />-another katie in (memphis) tennesseeKatie Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02076134921851142411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-38626405500235076392012-08-20T13:01:21.905-07:002012-08-20T13:01:21.905-07:00dear katie.
there is so much encouragement in you...dear katie. <br />there is so much encouragement in your sharing heart. even though it is not perfect, you just sharing raw realities, truth and hope encourages me tremendously. for now, i am in a place i never thought i would be. america. it was the last place i wanted to go and God sent me. now, i praise Him as He teaches me not to differ between the refugees i had been living with and serving in south africa and my neighbor here in pennsylvania. it is so hard to fight, even just in my heart against the comfort here and the "easy life". and i think it is more of a struggle here than in South Africa. and this is what is on Gods agenda for me right now. Love your neighbor. in africa. in germany. in pennsylvania. everywhere you go. no matter where. so he is changing my heart and its hard. super hard sometimes. and your raw entries of faith shake me and say: you dont have to go to africa to love your neighbor. dont make excuses. love extravagantly. give til it hurts. i need to do that. here. now. thank you for reminding me. again. karise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-67615729201088264492012-08-19T10:57:14.627-07:002012-08-19T10:57:14.627-07:00I am 13 years old. I read your book after my mom d...I am 13 years old. I read your book after my mom did and she recommended that I read it too. I was especially interested in the part where you said when you were about 12 or 13 was when you really started thinking about what God wanted you to do with your life (I think that's what it said; not exactly sure!). The same is true of me. I have been raised a Christian, but it was only this year that I truly "came alive" and my eyes were really opened to what the life of a Christian should be. Part of that was realizing that I have a heart for the nations. I've yet to see where that will go, but I'm sure it will be somewhere amazing. If more Christians were like you...the world would be a very different place. I hope one day, I will get to see amazing results of saying "yes" to God in my own life. Thank you for writing a book that has encouraged so many people.Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-64789072454181703442012-08-18T17:47:16.470-07:002012-08-18T17:47:16.470-07:00Your blog has been such an inspiration and encoura...Your blog has been such an inspiration and encouragement to me. I, too, feel called to dream "outside the lines" per say. My desires are big, His are bigger. I'd encourage you to remember that He is your sanctuary. And every need will be met through Him. :) Sarah Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855571509727771739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-63450293972271056552012-08-16T07:28:42.881-07:002012-08-16T07:28:42.881-07:00Katie, my girls and I have read your book and are ...Katie, my girls and I have read your book and are encouraged to see you living so fully in your call to abundant life in Him. I appreciate your view of holding even the small things in life up to Jesus...even if it is messy-as we all moms can testify is not easy! To say the least when you've moved across the world--but life isn't mean to be easy. Or comfortable, which is so easy to become accustomed to here in the states. I appreciate your honesty, truth of God's tugging at your heart, and ability to use your gift of writing and communication for His Glory. Praying for you-Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306440567722956256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-8213395222147158792012-08-15T19:31:46.492-07:002012-08-15T19:31:46.492-07:00I have been recently reading your book "Kisse...I have been recently reading your book "Kisses from Katie" and it is a great book! I have been thinking of becoming a missionary for some time now. The book has been so encouraging, and makes me bunches more excited to be a missionary! I am overwhelmed with every chapter about how God is working in your life! He is so good! Praying for you!Kylanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-9941726774818297892012-08-15T16:54:42.804-07:002012-08-15T16:54:42.804-07:00Your book has inspired me and I'm only on chap...Your book has inspired me and I'm only on chapter 5. I got ask the same question "If you had everything and all the money in the world what would you do with it" and I was thinking I heard that question somewhere and it was from you. It was either your book or video. Can't remember which one. I want to be like you one day if God is willing. :)Tiffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371877298449183781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-30520219984447043842012-08-15T09:40:09.669-07:002012-08-15T09:40:09.669-07:00I just read your book. It was amazing and beautifu...I just read your book. It was amazing and beautiful. You truly are an inspiration. The way that you listen to the Holy Spirit really is awe inspiring. Thank you for your lessons. I am forever changed by you and your beautiful family. You are now on my prayer list daily. <br />Tina WinklerTinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-7721659629155780822012-08-14T21:33:34.310-07:002012-08-14T21:33:34.310-07:00Katie, I just wanted to thank you for being real. ...Katie, I just wanted to thank you for being real. Thank you for pouring out your heart on this blog and in your book. I am getting ready to leave everything I have ever known to go serve in Brazil and as a American teenage girl that can be hard sometimes. But your story and testimony has encouraged me in ways you can't even imagine. Thank you for letting God use your life to encourage me and so many others. My prayers are with you <3McKennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-81139275873745156952012-08-12T20:42:53.483-07:002012-08-12T20:42:53.483-07:00Katie,
I found your book on a "Christian&quo...Katie, <br />I found your book on a "Christian" book table at Barnes & Noble. I bought it on August 8 and finished reading it tonight, August 12th. My daughter wants to read it next.<br /><br />My husband and I have been on 5 mission trips to Kenya. Our first trip was in 2005 and our last was in February 2011. We had planned to go this September but security in the area we go to prohibits us for now. <br /><br />From our first trip to Kenya, our hearts were stolen by Africa . . . by the children and women of Kenya. Reading your story, and the story of the children, and seeing their faces is like being there. Maybe one day, God willing, we can come to Uganda.<br /><br />In the meantime, I will be praying for you and your daughters and the children and people you minister to. I will also give financial support.<br /><br />Love and blessings,<br />ArleneArlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17441755669340538622noreply@blogger.com