tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post4594722926322590026..comments2023-10-22T02:25:48.115-07:00Comments on on earth as it is in heaven: katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426837041067362644noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-28642687453862185462012-10-29T23:59:31.240-07:002012-10-29T23:59:31.240-07:00There is so much of profound importance in this po...There is so much of profound importance in this post. The issue of "letting" God love you. The "problem of pain"--trying to accept what He "allows" or seemingly allows. And the insidious tendency to let one's gaze shift from where it should be, which is on Him; this can happen to one without their even realizing it, then they're lost in the worry, and it's too late--unless something happens to come along to make them realize they're living in the worry full-time. Two quotations help me with this dilemma. First, "We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties." ~Oswald Chambers...Secondly, "Put your expectations on God, not on people." And last but not least, I love how you express that you are moved to love your daughter MORE, when technically you could love her less, due to the struggle and difficulty that is present. This is truly a moving portrait of Unconditional Love. I'm reminded of a poem by David Ignatow. It would seem he might have written the poem about marriage, but I think it can apply to any relationship. I'll put back-slashes between the lines since I can't indent in this comment field ☺.......Standing beside you/I took an oath/to make your life simpler/by complicating mine/and what I always thought/would happen did:/I was lifted up in joy. (*Not that what you do is merely making people's lives "simpler." Obviously, it's much more than that.) Bless you Katie!Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023930548557232654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-22282383999125342112012-10-19T22:59:01.554-07:002012-10-19T22:59:01.554-07:00Katie,
As our family of eight children begin to m...Katie,<br /> As our family of eight children begin to mourn the recent loss of their young father, my amazing husband, your word are like a soothing balm.<br />For that hope and love because of our faith in Christ will carry us forward. May you find peace as you continue to bless those dear ones.momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575720171620089057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-810854273375914662012-10-14T21:07:32.858-07:002012-10-14T21:07:32.858-07:00Thank you for your testimony. I want to serve ove...Thank you for your testimony. I want to serve overseas more than anything--so badly--and am following Him now in obedience to rid myself of debt. Today, though, even reading your book, I felt so discouraged--like I will never get to my own beloved country (China). Do you think He can use people who have come from less successful backgrounds than yours to do His will? I so hope so ... I want Him to use me ... but I am afraid that it may never happen.<br /><br />I am going now to ask Him to make me a prisoner of hope, and to also be content where He has placed me for now, though my desire for another place may haunt me daily.Joy Hosthttp://joykillsdebt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-27133103922098821252012-10-13T07:28:49.618-07:002012-10-13T07:28:49.618-07:00Hi Katie! My friend and I love your book! We were ...Hi Katie! My friend and I love your book! We were wondering if you are in Jinja right now, because we are currently here in Jinja doing mission work, and we'd love to meet you! Please comment back! God bless :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749516109117348173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-12935823150533638502012-10-11T07:44:35.438-07:002012-10-11T07:44:35.438-07:00Just finished reading your book (after having read...Just finished reading your book (after having read your entire blog from beginning to end)... so blessed! On more than one occasion have your posts brought tears to my eyes and a sharp pang to my heart as He breaks it for His children all over again. You have forever impacted my life, not because of your greatness, but because of your brokenness in serving Him. Because you serve Him in your insufficiency I know that I also can be used by Him.Victoria Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045919780154453420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-79779567402265404542012-10-07T18:51:32.881-07:002012-10-07T18:51:32.881-07:00Katie I recently read your book and it was so good...Katie I recently read your book and it was so good fro my soul.I dined on meat and rich foods learning through your eyes and heart. I have been sharing your book with as many people as I can as God tells me to do so...I was wondering if you are speaking of Jane in the last blog? What ever happened to her? Thanks for your open and will<br />ling heart to allow us to learn through your journey with Christ. It is an honor. Lisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-85657499640980016142012-10-07T14:08:50.772-07:002012-10-07T14:08:50.772-07:00Katie, I just finished your book. I loved it! I ...Katie, I just finished your book. I loved it! I am also from Tennessee. I went on a missiin trip in 2011 to Belize and enjoyed that so much. God works in mysterious ways. Before I committed to go I felt God telling me children go where I send thee and knew I had to go at that time. He knew i wouldn't be able to go in 2012 because of my mom & sister being very sick. I am having to help homeschool my two nieces while their mother is in the hospital fighting for her life. I admire everything you are doing. God bless you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-25931769036386114502012-10-06T13:23:14.712-07:002012-10-06T13:23:14.712-07:00Hi Katie,
This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend in...Hi Katie, <br />This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. Besides being grateful for God and His presence in my life I am grateful for people like you who answer the call to reach out to the "least of these". I am reading your book and am drawn into the life you have and the people of Uganda. But, for more reasons than just your book. After spending two weeks in Rwanda on a mission trip my daughter is currently entering her 5th month with Baby Watoto. She has bee up in Gulu for the last three months and is due to come home at the end of the month. Reading your story and my daughters blog is like a mirror and confirmation of what God does in our heart when we live with the "least of these". I hope you will be able to read this and I pray that you continue to be blessed by God's provision and grace. SusanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481949221455701500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-26632760962454007732012-10-05T13:03:23.740-07:002012-10-05T13:03:23.740-07:00i blogged about this same thing a few weeks ago! y...i blogged about this same thing a few weeks ago! you are an inspiration, Katie, because of how you let His light utterly radiate from you!<br /><br />praying for you & praising the Lord for you!Cameron Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129032398036077152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-12598886581492864812012-10-03T08:57:55.503-07:002012-10-03T08:57:55.503-07:00You have chosen to what is better. I am so gratef...You have chosen to what is better. I am so grateful for a husband and children in the states, but long for the richness of relationship that you have with our Savior, partly due to the desperation of circumstance and also because you long to be filled by Him, loathing the emptiness that comes from a life seeking comfort. I too fear complacency, ignorance, and too much comfort. You have what is better. But i did not need to tell you that. :)Shellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-84175945419936622012012-10-02T18:40:22.909-07:002012-10-02T18:40:22.909-07:00Just started your book yesterday, I cried on the f...Just started your book yesterday, I cried on the first few pages only because I realized how much I have, and how little they have. It really brings joy to my heart to know how much you have changed their life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-38190924391342315792012-10-01T17:11:57.055-07:002012-10-01T17:11:57.055-07:00Katie, you far outdo me in your obedience to Chris...Katie, you far outdo me in your obedience to Christ. I have no right to call your attention to anything, but still, I'm wondering....<br /><br />Jesus has very lovingly and gently convicted me about my clothes. He's told me, "Too short, too low, and too tight." And I'm 53 and should have known better, right? <br /><br />Katie, have you prayed about your clothing styles? Would you put it before Jesus? Sometimes our dress blocks our message to a much more conservative world. U.S. Christians have no problem with how Christians dress, but others throughout the world do. And your ministry is watched throughout the world. Susie Hovendick Chanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00367221650326057596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-24303079928229026272012-10-01T04:54:47.796-07:002012-10-01T04:54:47.796-07:00Thank you for everything you do in my beautiful Af...Thank you for everything you do in my beautiful Africa. I hope to meet you one day. Your book is beautiful and inspiring and we pray for you and the beautiful children you love.<br />BernadineMaggie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05523473161591087921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-25493565184644172142012-09-30T06:09:38.368-07:002012-09-30T06:09:38.368-07:00t
THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING AND SPEAKING TRUE TRUTH ...t<br />THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING AND SPEAKING TRUE TRUTH THAT SPEAKS TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE ISSUES WE ALL FACE. We all have not been loved fully by those we trust and what a joy to know that there is One who is to be trusted. This is the central issue facing us all. Who to trust. You bring us back to the One who loves us so much again and again no matter what. Continue to assure your children of God's continued love and as they believe and understand it, they will heal. I pray for your steadfast and unmoveable faith in Jesus and all that he has done for you and those you minister to daily. Hold fast. Keep the faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-41581883807771874602012-09-29T19:13:41.043-07:002012-09-29T19:13:41.043-07:00Katie, I am using your video in teaching my middle...Katie, I am using your video in teaching my middle school sunday school class tomorrow. We have been studying missionaries and evangelism. I am showing them how young you were when you completely immersed yourself in giving. Such an inspiration. We will pray for you!Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-73183251835429755572012-09-29T09:50:25.173-07:002012-09-29T09:50:25.173-07:00Katie, I am reading your book right now and I am s...Katie, I am reading your book right now and I am so inspired by you. I borrowed the book from one of my friends that has visited Uganda to adopt two children. I am planning on going to Israel for a mission trip this summer and I am only 16. You have encouraged me SO MUCH. After learning about you, I now know that it is okay if I don't want to go to college right after high school, but rather just be a missionary. You are so awesome and I will continue to pray for you. Thank you thank you thank you for doing what you are doing! Maybe someday I will run into you in Uganda...(: <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-59060366710251115392012-09-28T22:17:54.998-07:002012-09-28T22:17:54.998-07:00The Lord is healing just like He is redeeming. Hi...The Lord is healing just like He is redeeming. His love is the medicine. His presence the way. "I am the way.." <br />Thank you, Katie, for being you and true to Jesus. I was very challenged by your book and I won't forget it, quickly. I say, "Yes, Lord."Sherrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-22710345580284664652012-09-28T10:22:33.736-07:002012-09-28T10:22:33.736-07:00Katie, I hope you understand the impact you have m...Katie, I hope you understand the impact you have made not only on those you have reached there in Uganda, but also in the lives of those who have read your book. I am amazed by your faithfullness and strength and I thank you for sharing details of your journey with us. I pray for you and your children and for the other lives you fight so diligently to comfort and help. God bless you, my dear.Teresa Burdinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-46829490299089115952012-09-27T14:32:44.614-07:002012-09-27T14:32:44.614-07:00Katie, I would love to follow your blog via email,...Katie, I would love to follow your blog via email, would you consider adding this widget to your blog?? I pray for many blessings for you and your girls...Laurie Coombshttp://lauriecoombs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-80939589530394816502012-09-27T10:06:03.211-07:002012-09-27T10:06:03.211-07:00A few weeks ago I was invited to a house warming. ...A few weeks ago I was invited to a house warming. At the party there was a woman with beads. She told the story of the beads being sold to help women in Uganda make a better life. I had not heard of the beads or the book until this point. The very next week a kind woman handed me the book at church and said I should read this. <br />I too am an adoptive Mama and just returned from China with our 6th blessing. You see I get all the same comments, questions and strange looks and frankly they were beginning to make me wonder about my sanity. Did I really choose to get all my kids in school and then go adopt a one year old? I must have been crazy.<br />But, after reading your book it blessed me beyond words. I have a whole new vigor for what I do, I have a whole new perspective on my blessings, I have a whole new appreciation for my life and my purpose on this earth. And for that I am completely in your debt. <br />Praise God that He loves us right where we are-Sherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953046783494883249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-48693496315619248492012-09-26T13:45:10.188-07:002012-09-26T13:45:10.188-07:00Hi I am daniel tri handarkha, from Indonesia, curr...Hi I am daniel tri handarkha, from Indonesia, currently in Ohio. Having read your book( up to chapter 4 now) -just got it today- make want to do leap of faith to love my brothers and sisters back in Indonesia, especially in Sumba. I will pray for you Katie I am in the middle of crossroad on God's calling would you pray for me? Thank you just a glimpse of work back there you can see in danieltrih.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-18346312949978856392012-09-25T19:41:08.615-07:002012-09-25T19:41:08.615-07:00That absolutely a very good site,them all priced a...That absolutely a very good site,them all priced at will keep the item , thanks for your time often the bloger£¬I consider you are going to interesting with <strong><a href="http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com/f1-snapback-hats-c-28.html" rel="nofollow">F1 Snapback Hats</a></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com/famous-snapback-hats-c-58.html" rel="nofollow">Famous Snapback Hats</a></strong>. thank you for visiting some of our web-site :http://www.wholesalehatsandcaps.com. linchunxiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775036011793494384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-78366657019274410882012-09-23T15:42:08.784-07:002012-09-23T15:42:08.784-07:00Sadly, your girl with the bright red sash's st...Sadly, your girl with the bright red sash's story is all too common, even here in America...may the Lord heal her broken heart...Chanda Griesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389428792228790768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-60652879435827137362012-09-20T16:02:41.639-07:002012-09-20T16:02:41.639-07:00Like Israel, like us, the story continues we are a...Like Israel, like us, the story continues we are all in constant need of the grace and mercy of God. God teach us how to love.Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756514260897484486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695840511970883220.post-20270533231130518702012-09-20T06:39:24.593-07:002012-09-20T06:39:24.593-07:00To read such a wonderful reminder of God's awe...To read such a wonderful reminder of God's awesome presence brings me back to what is REALLY important...communion with God. We will be praying with you and your family today as I take my two young children to celebrate daily mass. What an inspiration you have been to me and so many by your book....Laura McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843319083775862499noreply@blogger.com