Love One Another Campaign

Yesterday we met with a man named Dr. C.T. Bell. He lived in Germany for fifteen years studying medicine and working as a doctor. He moved back to Sierra Leone and is a medical doctor in Freetown currently. In 1998 he began a local NGO called the Love One Another Campaign. It is mainly involved in creating the awareness that sustainable peace can only be achieved through loving one another. He began this campaign after he realized that the reason Sierra Leone is in the state it is in is from exploitation. He explained to us that exploitation is occuring everywhere in Sierra Leone. Children are raised in a society where they see their parents exploiting each other, then they grow up and do the same without seeing it as wrong. The campaign is trying to change the attitudes of people. Rather than people looking out for their own personal gain, they should strive to love one another with the self-giving love of Christ.

Speaking with Dr. Bell was such an encouragement for us. It gave us the chance to reflect on our lives, personally and communally, as well as our mission in Sierra Leone. Our conversation with him made us question our own motives. Dr. Bell's campaign makes us as Christians ask ourselves if Christ's self-sacrificing love is at the heart of all of our decisions and actions? What an important challenge, not just for Sierra Leoneans, but for all of us.