It never ceases to amaze me how God brings people into your life! In the last two days I have seen God bring some amazing people into my life. As many of you may know that the Invisible Children of Northern Uganda and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) who kidnap the children in Northern Uganda are very close to my heart. I have been praying that God will allow a way for me to come in contact with these children. Sunday night after our evening fellowship LeeAnn (my roommate) and I were walking home. Two Ugandan women left before us yet waited for us to catch up to them. We started talking and found out one of the ladies names was Angel* (I changed the name to protect her identity). In our talk I mentioned that I was headed up to Arua, her face filled with excitement as she mentioned that home for her was northern Uganda, however there was sadness in her tone. She then went on to mention that she was from the Acholi tribe and was originally from the Gulu area. I then understood the sadness in her voice. She had my full attention as the Acholi tribe is the tribe that Joseph Kony the leader of the LRA is from and Gulu is the town of all the invisible children.
I knew that this was a divine appointment as just the day before I had been sharing my heart for the LRA and invisible children with some of the missionaries and here was Angel*, a divine appointment in the middle of the road. I asked if I could hear her story. She looked at me and said that it would take to long, but a short version was that she had come to Kampala for medical treatment and that she was very sick. (I didn’t ask but understood that it was probably AIDS she was talking about.) She then proceeded to tell about how her husband and family had been killed by the LRA, but that she had escaped.
My heart broke as she let me see a little into her heart yet I was amazed at how through all she had been through she was still praising Jesus for who He is! It was beautiful! Our conversation did not last long as she had to get home, but I asked if we could talk again next Sunday she said yes and we departed ways. Yet I cannot get that conversation out of my head and heart! Will you join me in praying for the invisible children? Will you pray that Jospeh Kony will not harden his heart any longer and that the love of Christ will penetrate into the deepest parts of his heart and that he will come to know Christ in a real and personal way! Will you pray for Angel* and all the other people who have lost love ones and/or are dealing with the after effects of the war (rape, AIDS, STDs, etc).
