Gulu Prayer Project

In northern Uganda, a conflict has been waging for 20 years. Over the last three, tens of thousands of children have been kidnapped from their homes during the night. They have been tortured, terrorized, raped and killed. They are kids like the ones in our own homes, schools and churches – doing schoolwork, listening to music, hanging out with friends. And yet they face the daily risk of being kidnapped by Joseph Kony, leader of the “The Lord’s Resistance Army” or LRA. He’s a twisted, cultic leader who mixes shallow Christian ideas with folk religion and politcal rhetoric, aiming at ruling the country. Sadly, very little is being done. Calling it one of the worst humanitarian crisis on the planet, the United Nations has been calling for intervention.

After watching the ground-breaking documentary, “Invisible Children”, several of our staff decided that had to act. And so they created the Gulu Prayer Project. Starting on March 16th at 8pm (Central Time), they are attempting to orchestrate a prayer initiative that will run 24 hours a day for two week straight- 336 hours of focused prayer. We have created the website www.guluprayerproject.blog.com to facilitate the movement. We are committed to see this prayer project to be the launching point for direct involvement on serving these children, both through awareness and on-location development.

That is where you come in. We need to get people involved. We need to get the word out. We need people to help make this happen. Therefore, I am asking that you take a few minutes to visit the website, considering how you might help out and let me know. You can even sign up for a slot using the comment section of “Sign Up To Pray” page.

Thank you so much for taking the time make this dream a reality. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.