Nyawer Majok lost two of her three sons as well as a brother to the conflict in her home country.
Malok Mading, a tall, sinewy man who is totally blind now, still vividly remembers both of the civil wars that ravaged his homeland.
“We lost so many,” Mading, 72, said in fragile but still energetic voice during a community dinner at St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church in Stone Mountain on New Year’s Day. “I was always thinking about how and when we were going to end this long suffering.”
This is every bit a spiritual struggle as it is a geopolitical struggle. It is a privilege to stand in the gap in prayer and to witness the referendum take place. Prayers can be found at [url=http://anglicanprayer.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/sudan-collection/]Lent & Beyond[/url].