Thoughts about "War Dance"

We had the opportunity this afternoon to watch a movie called, “War Dance”. Interestingly, this is about some children from the northern part of Uganda seeking to compete in Kampala at a dance competition. Kampala is the capital of Uganda, and we are about 1 hour driving from it here at Uganda Christian University. We’ve not had much direct discussion or exposure to the topic of conflict in the northern part of Uganda, although it shapes a large part of how Uganda is viewed by others.

One night, as I was visiting the neighbors of my home stay family, I found out about the government’s reaction to the warring, etc in northern Uganda (the people group, so to speak, is called the “Acholi”). The brother I was talking to had been a journalist, and I couldn’t help but get the feeling that prayer in our Savior’s name is needed most of all. I am just beginning to feel like praying isn’t that small of a thing- considering that the journalist said he was seeing all kinds of physical and verbal efforts being made in the name of justice, yet corruption found it’s power to thwart the efforts and further discouragement.