1. Is it wise to make someone who is running and hiding and who has lost much of his power and influence into a bigger celebrity than he's ever been before? Will that rally others to his cause?
2. Is this group partnering with other groups who are in the trenches...who really know the people and the culture? Are their objectives well conceived and thought through?
3. Should I be focusing on the perpetrator or on his victims? or both?
At this point for all I know this could be a good idea or a bad idea. In either case it's an idea that has legs and won't stop until it's run it's course. According to Vimeo, four people viewed this video on March 3rd, eight watched it on March 4th, and 58,000 viewed the video on March 5th. Then, the following day it had 2.7 million views and on the 7th, 8.2 million views. It's a powerful and influential media piece that is accomplishing it's producers' primary objective, to raise awareness of a real problem in central Africa. Unfortunately, stories like this, of extreme evil perpetrated against the people of Africa aren't uncommon nor confined to Joseph Kony.
If greater awareness does bring this heinous man to justice I'll be jumping for joy. In the mean time I'm allowing this heightened awareness of the plight of many in Africa to reignite my focus on their needs. So there is good that is coming from this. I'm going to focus as much as I can on the African victims of father-lessness, of disease, of malnutrition, and of anarchy.
If you would like to also focus on the victims to tell them that God hasn't forgotten them, please visit and pray about partnering with -
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