Invisible Children

So tonight I went to a screening for a rough-cut of this film, "Invisible Children." Can I just say, that if you think you have it tough...you don't. We are so blessed to live in this country. It truelly is the promised land.

I don't even know what it is I want to say in this post. I'm having difficutly coming up with the worlds, so if I sound like a completely uneloquent idiot...well, I apologize. I don't even know where to begin.

This film was so powerful. There are parts in it that are rather disconcerting and make you feel uncomfortable...and rightly so! You should feel a little uncomfortable: that feeling of discomfort is you telling yourself that what you're seeing, the story that's being presented to you...it's not right. No human being should have to undergo such trail, pain, and suffering.

The film was created by three college-aged kids from California. It documents some of the struggles that plague the people (and especially the kids) of Uganda. I will attempt to give you a brief, yet comprehensive summary about the story the film deals with.
There is a rebel group in Uganda that abducts kids (mostly from age 5-15 I think it was), brainwashes them, and makes them join there army.
These kids are subjected to watching there friends be killed, beaten, raped, and dismembered. They are beaten themselves and told that if they do not fight for the rebel army, they will be killed and tortured. The kids are brainwashed and taught how to kill. For those that do escape, integrating themselves back into society is difficult. They have been scarred by what they've experienced, but also...many times, they are forced to kill their own family members (cousins, borthers, sisters). If they do escape, many of them have no family to go to, or their family has disowned them.

Every night in Uganda, thousands of children leave there homes and walk into town to sleep because they are afraid that they will be abducted during the night like some of their friends.

There is so much more to be said about the background of what's going on that I can't really talk all about it here. I hope everyone who reads this takes the time to go to this website and see what I'm talking about. There's a trailer for the video and a bunch of other stuff to check out.

There are plans for future screenings of the film, and I will attempt to keep you all posted if you would like. Please take the time to check out their website and read a little about what's going on in Uganda with these kids. They need your prayers, they need your time, they need your voice.