I think it’s tasteless to call anyone a “Magic Negro”. But maybe I’m just sensitive about stuff like that.
I’m not sure how bad it has to get before our family members have to leave. I do know that a lot of corruption is taking place and has always. Missionaries have a different mind set than the average person. They will come back when they feel like they should or the church headquarters says they should.
Your relatives are to be admired and you are correct in your post. I’ll pray for everyone in this situation.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgindex.asp
This is one website I check ever so often for news; though the BBC probably has better news coverage.
I keep tabs on what is happening because I have known a few of the runners and others. Kenya is a rather important country in the Horn of Africa.
The sensitivity is warranted - but that does not diminish the message.
Unfortunately, when things get “bad enough” it’s usually too late. People are remarkably good at creating normalicy out of any situation, toughing things out instead of getting out. I have missionary friends in Darfur; that he risked his own neck serving there when single was fine, but taking subsequent wife & kids there seems ill-advised ... yet the fact that they’re still breathing indicates how a way will be found even in the harshest conditions.
We do see things there thru the microscope of news: mundane existence may be the norm, but it’s the few freak events that dominate our perception thereof.
It's the libs who came up with the term.