Bishop Tom Kokanyi of Southern Sudan wrote to ask for our concerted prayers for the hunger spreading throughout Southern Sudan. The UN’s World Food Program recently reported that the number of people needing food aid in Southern Sudan has quadrupled to 4.3 million. Tragically, Fathers Manase and Anderiko, two CEC priests who minister under Bishop Tom, have recently lost children to the hunger. Fr Manase’s son was a choir director who left three children without a father.
According to the BBC, many factors contribute to the problem: drought, ethnic rivalries, incursions by the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army. What makes the situation more urgent is that the quickly approaching rainy season will block roadways so that food aid cannot reach the people most in need.
Please pray for Bishop Tom and Loice Kokanyi and the churches in Southern Sudan. Pray for an end to the hunger, that food would reach these people who are trying to resettle their lives after 21 years of war, that God would bring peace and grant Sudan’s leaders wisdom.
