The other day I received a comment from Gabi, who also has a blog, Valued Far Above Rubies and Pearls. When I started reading down through Gabi’s posts, her writing just gripped my heart. She has such a poetic, amazing style of writing, and you can feel her heart in everything that she writes. You can feel the love that she has for God and the love that she has for the children of Uganda. Uganda is her “home away from home.”Mama Gabi, as she is called in Uganda, first went to Uganda in 2009. She’s a 26 year old young woman who felt the call of God on her life when she was only 10, to go to Africa. When she finally went to Uganda for the first time in 2009, she knew that this place was home for her; she surrendered to do full-time ministry, starting Racham Ministries. Gabi returned to England, where she is from, but in May 2010, she went back to Uganda, and while there, she found a house that is going to be the center of her ministry with the children of Uganda.

When you read her blog and see the pictures that she shares of some of the children, I hope that it touches your heart. Right now, Gabi is trying to raise the funds for her return to Uganda in January; she is planning on staying for good. God has turned Gabi’s life around completely, the details of which are written in her blog, but I don’t feel that I could give justice to sharing them…..her writing says it all. If you have a teenage daughter, or even if you’re struggling in life yourself, I highly encourage you to read Gabi’s blog and to receive both encouragement and inspiration from her story. You can also help Gabi return to Uganda and start her ministry there by giving to Racham Ministries through Paypal at dickinsonbarbara@hotmail.com. Please write “For Racham” in the subject line. You can Like Racham Ministries on Facebook.

Just to share a bit of Gabi’s heart with you…. (in Gabi’s own words)….I bleed colours of life. I bleed the cries of orphans. I bleed a dance upon injustice. I bleed the tears of girls staring at their reflection and having deception and distortion staring them back in the face. I bleed the empty silences of the ones whose identity has become loneliness. I bleed the hearts of those who have known the crushing pain of betrayal. I bleed the tears of lives bound by lies of unworth. I bleed the brokenness of every heart in pieces by the words of another. I bleed Him for every abandoned child, their only hope. I bleed forgiveness. I bleed outrageous grace, because of Him. I bleed the beauty of life made new. I bleed truth into barren life. I bleed knowing the wonder of each new day as the miracle it is. I bleed holiness, as He has named me holy. I bleed abundant life. I bleed songs of peace. I bleed reconciliation. I bleed a life of restoration. I bleed all my life surrendered to His service. I bleed a sacrifice of praise. I bleed my Everything. I bleed Him.