A Day in the Life
Sudan

A day in the life of a person living in south Sudan, or one of the area refugee camps, is extremely harsh. Awake to the first rooster crow at dawn, then spend the day in blazing heat, engaged in an endless search for clean drinking water and something to eat.

Imagine sleeping on the ground, out in the open air each night for months or even years. Your children are almost always sick and have never seen a doctor or been to a hospital. Merely to have food each day is a dream that will never come true.

To begin to experience a little bit of what life might be like in Sudan, follow some or all of the suggestions listed below:

• Awake at first light, right at dawn
• Skip breakfast or maybe drink only a little hot tea (Chai in their language)
• Sit outside on the ground and read from your Bibles out loud. Singing and dancing are also common (Great joy considering the circumstances)
• Midday have some beans and rice for a meal. Eat outside sitting on the ground from a common bowl or plate. (try eating with your hands--no utensils)
• At around noon our time (bedtime in Sudan) pray for all the children that are going to sleep hungry again today, probably not having eaten a thing
• Skip dinner or have only what was left over from lunch
• Once it is dark outside, go for a walk barefoot and tell each other Bible stories from memory (most Sudanese will never own a Bible)

Consider…
Even though the Sudanese have very little in the way of material possessions
or the common things of everyday life, they are an extremely joyous
people. The church in Sudan is the fastest growing church in the world
in the face of great persecution. Praise God!