Mark Twain said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” This Feel-Good Friday is a celebration of a man who may have wondered about the day he was born, but when he discovered his ‘why,’ he took it, ran with it, and has never looked back. In living in that ‘why,’ he helps rudderless, broken, and traumatized youth discover theirs.
Peter Mutabazi was born in Uganda, and ran away from an abusive home at the age of 10. He opted to live on the streets of Uganda, and survived this way for about five years–when out of the blue, a stranger asked his name, and whether he wanted a meal. Mutabazi gladly accepted. Every other day or so, the stranger would come around and offer him a meal and company.
The stranger asked him why he wasn’t in school. Mutabazi wasn’t interested in school, but the stranger inserted the idea that he…
