Taking the First Step

We embarked Saturday morning on our great adventure. We carried five suitcases laden with dozens of donations, hugged, kissed and shed tears with two children and one grandmother and have now flown 37 hours on three planes to arrive late last night at Entebbe National Airport in Kampala, Uganda. We are unsure of the computations God has calculated to bring us to this land of red dirt roads, but trust that the sum of these things will add up to good.

On the first of our three flights,  I finish reading the compelling story of Katie Davis' journey into the heart of Uganda. As a single, twenty something American woman, Katie began an international ministry that educates and cares for the sick, broken and destitute of this land. She has adopted 14 girls, fosters countless sick babies and elderly and cares for hundreds of orphans, while operating a non profit organization that offers sponsorships for education and basic needs. Her words ring in my ears as we ponder the work ahead of us.

"Courage is not about knowing the path. It is about taking the first step."

The worlds of Katie Davis and the Heart behind Hands of Love, Elijah Sebuchu, hold stunning parallels and yet, are haltingly disparate. A young single American woman. A 40-something Ugandan pastor with a wife and 5 children. Two hearts that received a calling they simply couldn't refuse. Two hearts that chose the difficult path. Two hearts who were fashioned by their Maker to serve His own suffering children in the "Pearl of Africa."  

So together, Dan and I take this first step of faith. Knowing very little about the path but knowing that the One who called us to this place will walk beside us every step of the way. Not so much courageous, but simply willing to take one step. And today we will choose to take the next. Thank you for joining us on a journey of discovering the heart behind the hands. The Hands of Love who built 8 mud huts that would one day become an international ministry for more than 1,400 AIDS orphans in Uganda.  We invite you to come along with us on this path and as we make new friends, see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears the love and passion that fuels this ministry.