I was born in the war and grew up in the war. All my life was spent with gun fire and bombs. As a child, I found my self running in the jungles of Sudan with my family and hiding in order to survive. As I grew up I came to realize that we are fighting for the freedom to worship Christ. Muslim in the North forced their Islamic Shari’a laws in the country of Sudan, which brought much persecution to Christians in the South.
Even though I was born in Sudan, I was not recognized as a Sudanese. I lived in Sudan as a foreigner. I had no freedom as a Christian in my own country. As a Southern we went to school under a tree and wrote in the dirt with a stick. We were not allowed a formal education. Our hospital and clinic is under a tree. Parents have to taste medicine with their tongue because they cannot read. Many children have died because of this illiteracy. For example, my cousin’s daughter died because they give her the wrong medicine because they could not read. Moreover, we have no electricity, no running water. We ride on dirt roads with large holes. We worship God under a tree. Yet in the North they have all these things....WHY? WHY? WHY? ....because we are Christians, and Muslims despise us.
Can Christian brothers and sisters abandon or forget us in Southern Sudan and leave us to die at the hands of persecution? Can Christians around the world turn their backs on us? Can they leave us to die from diseases like malaria? How long are we going to live in poverty and literacy??? Christian brothers and sisters do you really care? When will you come and rescues us? It’s time for you to stand with us and do something for the glory of God.
We desperately need you to come educate us. WE NEED HOPE! We need to build a Christian school so that God’s name will be glorified in South Sudan. As we come out from the war, we still feel war wounds. Some of us were shocked when God sent us out of Sudan to see how the rest of the world lives. It hurts me so much. It made me ask the question again, WHY? WHY? But, all this happened to us so that God’s name will be proclaimed and His power will be revealed.
My desire is to begin a school called, Global Christian High School to change all of this. 85% of Southern Sudanese cannot read or write. I want to give parents the opportunity to send their children to school. People from Kenya, Ethiopia and Ugandan have given limited assistance to us, but I wonder how long they will even be able to do that? I think it is better to teach someone to fish than to fish for him. Therefore, my goal is to change lives through a quality education and to raise up other teachers. I want to educate Southern Sudanese so that they will be able to read God’s Word and work to support their families independently for generations to come.
I am praying that God will send workers to come to Him. I pray that God will touch the hearts of friends to come to Southern Sudan to give our people hope and a future. We are the body of Christ. One of the parts of the body is hurting. The rest of our body hurts too. The same way as Southern Sudanese bears persecution, when you go through terrible things you also feel the same way. I need volunteers to join me in prayer for the Christians in my country.
Another way you can help be the hands and feet of Christ is by joining me to help purchase land for the school. I pray that as you read a small part of my life, you will get a glimpse of the pain but also the hope we can give to my people. We Southern Sudanese Christians need YOU to stand with us in prayer and support.
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