Another good reason to have friends in Africa

Facebook is affording me a way to have 'Growing Through Africa Friends", which I hope is an easier way for us to carry on discussion about important matters.  Friend us there!  OK?


There is a friend from Rwanda who has my respect, so when he posts, it's usually well thought out.  He challenges me!  I appreciate that, because I tend to take his thoughts seriously. Maybe I'll later copy one of the videos he posted in an attempt to help us look at their matters in a different light.


Moving on!  Was it my last post? Twitter? a viral video?  But I've been seeing more and more discussion on this attempt to OUT Joseph Kony.


Now, don't get me wrong.  I've read enough books, interacted with enough people with "light years" more experience than me to not be naive enough to think I know anything without seeking help.  I need help from missionaries with whom I share certain cultural advantages that help me understand.  I need help from respected friends who have lived their entire life on the continent of Africa, and I also have some friends who are "bridge builders" who have lived mostly in Africa, but also in our part of the world.  For the most part I listen to those who share my belief in a Sovereign God over us all.


  That's why I need Their help, but mostly the help of God.  If all of us who weigh in on these most important topics are on our "figurative knees" before an all knowing and all loving God, THEN AND ONLY THEN might we be in a position to help one another.


Am I naive enough to think that getting Kony really solves the problems brought up in this video?  NO, BUT, FRIENDS, it's a START.


My goodness, I so commend those who've put hours and hours of work, creative juices AND PRAYER into calling others out of their shells.


What is bothering me "just a bit" is that I'm reading negative reactions without first reading commendations.


So, I plead with you who want to call out cautions, PLEASE affirm first.  Please?  Then I believe we can all benefit more in the discussion process.


(Just heard my first positive comment from an African, a Kenyan friend of mine.)