Sierra Leone is no longer "at war" by the worlds standard but to say there is no war being raged here would be utterly foolish. The war going on here is a spiritual war and I think if the spiritual world were to all of a sudden become physical, people would be horrified at all that is here. [Although honestly, I'm not sure it would be as scary as the war going on in America. I mean do you even know how much of a hold Satan has on America? Does not Jesus say that it hardest for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven? I have not been able to see that for 19 years of life in America; yet, it has only taken two months in Sierra Leone to understand. When am I going to stop making excuses?] This world is ran by a powerful dictator: fear. There is so much that we fear and yet, as Christians it is in vain. We have a Father who's love is perfect and perfect love drives out fear.
So let me dream for a moment of what Sierra Leone would look like if we let His Perfect Love rein:
Corruption would be a thing only spoken of in past tense. In it's place would be a government run so beautifully, that America would stare in awe. All my friends on the street would have a place to stay because everyone would work for the good of their neighbors. Never again would the rains bring fear to the poor living in the low areas but only joy because crops would be watered and streams replenished. The slums of Kroo Bay would no longer be. Justice would be given and peace would be hard to escape. Only the wicked would feel displaced and the love that they recieved would be life changing. And for all of it, the glory would go to God!


Father, this is my dream, my prayer for Sierra Leone.
At first glance it seems foolish to dream of freedom
for your people in Sierra Leone.
Yet who am I do doubt you,
when you have already done this for us before?
You carried us out of Egypt and now your people
are crying to be freed once again.
You hold all of the water as a drop in your hand,
You who breathed life into us-come!
May we be ready and willing to accept your will.
Father, do not be silent. Speak!
May your words not fall on deaf ears.
We want to see your kingdom--that which condemns the wicked,
and lifts up the righteous.
The righteous may have hard times but You will deliver them.
If only the wicked could see that they have recieved their reward in full;
while the righteous can only imagine what awaits them in heaven.
Father, this is my humble prayer.
May your kingdom come, your will be done!


Haley kate