09/03/12

Dear Diary,


I woke up this morning with back pain, throbbing thighs and hands probably from walking with my zimmerframe yesterday I had to get an outfit for an assigned interview today.


Yesterday was a hectic day, it came to my attention that my brothers and sisters in Africa are going through so much pain.  According to a campaign charity called Invisible Children there is a war criminal called Joseph Kony who abducts children from their parents turning them into sex slaves and rebel fighters with no cause, just self gain!  He has been at large for 26 years with little being done to stop him.  But God heard their cries just like in Egypt when God heard the cries of the Israelites in captivity.  He sent a kind hearted man Jacob Russell who has been campaigning for the past 9 years to STOP KONY! 


I was amazed at how a man who has not one drop of Ugandan blood in him wanted to rescue these children because what is happening to them is wrong.  He put a documentary out there putting his own life open for critique by people who may not see what he is trying to achieve.  Many received his message positively few had negative things to say.


But I say he is right, children need to feel safe and happy having the rights and freedom to learn and be educated.  To have a child exploited mindlessly with no purpose but for self gain and power is disgusting.


I approached many of my contacts to support a steering group to aid in efforts to raise funds and awareness for this worthy cause, many accepted being on board however I was disheartened when I turned to law enforcement agencies and heard their immediate fears for the disruption this could cause to our civilisation.  Although I understood where they were coming from as I too do not want disruption and am all for peace, for God's sake this man needs to be stopped, he is abusing children sexually, emotionally and physically and it would NOT be tolerated in the UK so why should it be tolerated anywhere else especially when we in the UK are aware of it?  Just because something does not effect us immediately or is not a personal threat we should just turn a blind eye, I am reminded of a story called the Good Samaritan from Sunday school, where people who we expected to help turned their backs and walked away, but someone who was considered to be of a different tribe, unclean, a gentile, stopped and helped because it was the right thing to do.  This is what Jacob Russell is to me A GOOD SAMARITAN and God bless him for being so.


In my UCB reading for today it talked about how in Matthew Jesus was healing many with critique and plots against him from the pharisees. I just want to share with you that try to support those who are doing the right thing and not be a stumbling block in their paths to what is right, give them advice of how to do things in the right order if you have the experience and don't pull them down and most of all keep encouraging them as they will become discouraged along the way.






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