Katie Davis visited
Jinja, Uganda on a missionary trip while in High School. She fell in love with
the area and upon graduation she went back there to live and work. She started her non-profit Amazima Ministries
International in 2008. She has several
outreach programs, doing so much great work for and with the people of Jinja,
Uganda. She married Benji Majors who
like her hailed from her home state of Tennessee later in life. She was 27 when she wrote this book. Many are mentioning her first book, “Kisses
From Katie” which I haven’t read, I guess it was fabulous also.
Katie wrote this book
about her life as a missionary, her home life, the stories that have evolved
while taking care of many people who needed medical care, some lived, some didn’t
make it. She has adopted 13 girls
through the years in Uganda. She chronicles
her struggles with daily life as she takes care of those who have no one, often
finding that her prayers don’t lead her to an ending that she has chosen. This is a great book for those who have lost
loved ones and wish to connect with God and understand why he allows some to
die and some to live. Why is a question
that Katie asks often and turns to her Bible and God time and time again,
looking for a story or passage that will provide her with an answer. Katie has a faith that is so very deep and a
love for others that is strong, her stories will provide many with answers they
don’t even know they are asking.
"I received this book from Blogging for
Books for this review."
How do you
hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization,
and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption,
she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve.
But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking
alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
Description as found on Blogging For Books:
How do you hold on to
hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering
God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
When Katie Davis Majors moved to
Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the
mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to
weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often
gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people
in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her
family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He
really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to
her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to
cling to the God of the impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the
quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the
miracle doesn’t come. It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary
strength it takes to be ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the
circumstance and about encountering God’s goodness in the least expected
places.
Though your heartaches and dreams
may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these
pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And
you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.SEE LESS
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a
booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the
miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people
she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her
heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction,
desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your
own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of joy in
the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to hope. I
will meet you here.
SEE LESS
How do you hold on to hope
when you don’t get the ending
you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming
organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle
of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she
desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart
fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation,
and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to
wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she
turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her
even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the
impossible—the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane,
when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn’t come.
It’s about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be
ordinary. It’s about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about
encountering God’s goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find
your own questions echoed in these pages. You’ll be reminded of the gifts of
joy in the midst of sorrow. And you’ll hear God’s whisper: Hold on to
hope. I will meet you here.
SEE LESS
Biography:
Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda over a
decade ago with no idea that this would be the place that God chose to build
her home and her family. Today, she is a wife to Benji and mama to her fourteen-favorite
people. Katie and her family invest their lives in empowering the people of
Uganda with education, medical care, and spiritual discipleship. She is also
the founder of Amazima Ministries, an organization that cares for vulnerable
children and families in Uganda and the author of the New York Times bestseller
Kisses from Katie.
