Editor’s note: This is part 3 of a multiple part series from the Summer Ambassador Institute Newsletter. You can read part 1 here, and part 2 here.
A life Changed
Tracy was born into a wealthy Muslim home in Jinja, Uganda. Her father was well known in all of Uganda because of the mosques that he had built and the support that he had given. In her home they followed Islam strictly, praying and reading the Quran all the time. Her father had several wives and he died when Tracy was young. Her mother left her to be raised by her step-mothers, so she grew up without a father and always looking for the love of a mother. Life was hard in those early years.
Her half brothers and sisters also mistreated her, since she didn’t have anyone to stand up in her defense. When it came to paying school fees, she was the last to receive money for tuition and didn’t learn how to read. In 6th grade, at age twelve, she was raped by her step-brother and became pregnant and delivered a boy, Zion, at age thirteen. Life had been hard living under her stepmothers but it became even more difficult as a single mother, with no income, food or home of her own, with a baby to care for.
A Catholic priest offered to pay for her tuition at a food production course that required at least a 10th grade education. By the grace of God, she was accepted into the course. After that, she was hired by a Christian missionary family to help with the cooking and work around home. They promised to pay for her college education, but after many years, they told her that they had lied. At that moment she felt like it would be better to go back to Islam, but the Holy Spirit kept encouraging her and assuring her that she had a greater destiny. Soon after that, she met Nate and Rhoda Jore and began a relationship with them and helped them. That was the first time that she saw what real Christians were like.
Stay tuned for information about India tomorrow.
