Henry made arrangements to meet with the Minister on Monday morning; the people Henry knows astounds me. We were warmly welcomed by this Christian leader and Laura did a wonderful job in explaining the heart of Mercy Uganda. When asked how we could come alongside the country’s efforts to eliminate child sacrifice, the Minister said that there are two things. Before giving us those points, he acknowledged that this is a difficult issue to address and that it may take some time.
The first thing we can do is to be in prayer that God will work in the villages where child sacrifice is taking place. Laura pointed out that the women in more than a dozen villages she’s been in have said that child sacrifice is their biggest worry.
The second thing we can do is to bring the practice into the light, to make it okay to talk about. One of the reasons the women don’t talk about child sacrifice is because it’s often their husbands who are giving up their children out of fear instilled by the witch doctors. Exposing everyone will create a social pressure to stop.
We’ll add this topic to our goals and objectives so that we can be intentional about addressing the issue whenever visiting Uganda.
Finally, we invited the Minister to consider being part of Mercy Uganda’s Board of Directors. He commented that he was a busy man but invited us to provide some of our key documents for his review before he made a decision. We’re hopeful.
Before concluding our meeting with photos (Gabriel, Laura, Minister, me, Lauren – Henry took the photo), I asked the Minister if I could pray for him and he was so thankful. My heart was pounding out of my chest. Where did this boldness come from?
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