Meeting former General Butt Naked

Over Wednesday the team and I had the chance to meet Joshua Milton Blahyi the former General Butt Naked. During the Liberian civil war he was one of the most feared and ruthless warlords. He got his name because he and his brigade of mostly child soldiers used to fight naked because they thought it made them invisible. Joshua was willing to sit down with us and shared his story. It was an amazing story of a misguided boy who was born to be a warrior, trained from an early age to commit unspeakable acts and how God's great power s able to overcome the evil, change this mans life and turn him into a positive roll model. Joshua is now  helping hundreds of  former child soldiers, war affected youth, and young boys who live on the street, and are rejected by society. He gives these boys dignity, hope, and shares with them the love  that is found in Jesus Christ our Lord. Joshua invited us to visit his compound  on Thursday where he and other former child soldiers have built a house where they live and train leaders for the many projects that his organization Journey Against Violence are working on to rebuild Liberia. We spent a couple hours there and he showed us around. It is great to see the work that he is doing. He told us that before he was saved that he caused much pain and suffering now he is trying to make up for the pain that he caused. It is inspiring to see how he is trying to rehabilitate former child soldiers that fought for him and against him. A true lesson in repentance and forgiveness

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