Roger
He was talking about what government, political officials could do to him.
For security reasons I can't tell you who said it, nor which country he is in. He was discussing the balancing act he walks because many new groups of disciples are forming, meeting in homes and in villages. The danger is that the presiding government party can assume that there is a political agenda to these meetings and decide that this key leader is an opposition party leader. This makes him their enemy in their minds.
"They could just decide to kill me, and I would simply disappear. No one would know. It would just happen. They can do that."
As long as we have traveled in different parts of Africa, it's still hard to imagine such an uncertainty many people experience on a daily basis. Further, it's difficult to put myself in the shoes of such a leader. How bold would I be given that situation? How far would I be willing to push the envelope given the risk?
I realize that most of us reading this can't answer these questions because we are not in that situation. But we can certainly appreciate the fact that many people are, and that they are boldly moving forward to care about reaching others in the face of great, personal risk.
I honor them for that! And many people's lives will be changed because of such people.
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