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witch doctors take these kids into the bush and they just
never come back,” said Bob. He asked the Chief Justice if
he could try one of these cases. The Chief Justice explained
there were two problems. Number one, there’s always a
victim but they’re always dead and number two, no judge
will ever take on that case.
What the Chief Justice didn’t count on was a little 8-year–old
boy named Charlie. On the way home from school Charlie
was abducted, taken into the bush by a witch doctor named
Kabi, who cut off his genitals and left him for dead. “But,
guess what?” said Bob. “Charlie didn’t die.” Now, Bob had
a victim who was alive, he had the most infamous witch doctor in the region, and he had God on his side.
He got permission from the Chief Justice to try the case,
found a judge on the border of Congo to take it and brought
to trial Uganda’s first case ever against a witch doctor and
got a conviction.
Now, what happened to the little boy Charlie, who was left
terribly maimed? As it so happens, Bob is also a pilot, and
there was a doctor who was learning to fly. A flight instructor relayed the story of Charlie to the doctor who called Bob
at home. “I heard all about this little boy and I can fix him,”
the doctor said. Maybe he didn’t hear the extent of Charlie’s condition, Bob thought, and explained to the doctor he
couldn’t fix this. “I’m the chief of surgery at Cedar Sinai

The next morning he took Charlie to Cedar Sinai. Bob
leaned over and gave him a little kiss on the forehead,
“Charlie, he said, be not afraid.”
But, what happened next is the wildest part of the story. Bob
visited Kabi in prison and Kabi, sincerely sorry for what he had
done told Bob he needed forgiveness. Although it was difficult,
Bob extended Kabi forgiveness and Kabi came to Christ. Love
is not just about saying words; true love is always expressed.

Medical Center, I can fix him!” he replied. Bob asked what
it would cost. “It would be staggering, but don’t worry, I’m
going to do it for free,” the doctor replied.
On the way to bring Charlie from Uganda to the United
States, Bob received an invitation from the White House.
They’d like to meet Charlie. After that he took Charlie to Disney Land. “Because any kid who’s going to get that operation needs to go to the happiest place on earth!” Bob said.

Bob explained, “Jesus moved toward all the people I want
to move away from, because I don’t want to get any on
me.” Today, Bob meets with the witchdoctors. They know
where he stands, that he will hold them accountable and
that child sacrifice is now punishable by death. Yet he is
endeared and respected by them. “What if we were the
ones who weren’t so afraid anymore?” asked Bob. “What
if we just let people know they’re invited?”
As I write, I’m reminded of something I recently heard from
a man who works with Gospel for Asia. He was an accountant who had a plan to retire with a million dollars in the
bank when God wrecked his plan by showing him what he
was made for. He said, “I realized I wasn’t made for time,
but for eternity.”

Recommended reading: Love Does by Bob Goff
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