A Missionary's view on KONY
Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia DR Congo: Marie-Paul Kimakosa lost much of her family to the LRA (Photo credit: Oxfam International ) Image via Wikipedia Or, how should we respond to "bad guys?" A couple of days ago Scott and I watched the KONY 2012 video made by Invisible Children . I wasn't entirely comfortable with the message and methods, but like millions of other people I shared it forward in fb as a thought-provoking piece that draws attention to African children. I only watched it once. In the last 48 hours this video has exploded across social media, and because we lived in Uganda for 17 years a few people have asked me what I think. So here goes some reflections on a sunny Friday morning in Kenya , far from those front lines (but close enough to many others that this won't be a well-researched long-pondered post, but like all of them, simply personal immediate reflections from my heart). First, what I LIKE about Invisible Children. Eight