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Sudan: James Lual
James Lual was a “Lost Boy.” Sudan had a civil war which began in 1983 and lasted until 2005. During that time Muslim attackers drove thousands of boys from their homes in southern Sudan. For years the boys wandered from place to place. Some ended up in refugee camps in other African countries. People called them “the Lost Boys of Sudan.”

More than 3,000 of the boys came to America. Others were allowed to settle in Australia, England, and Canada. James hoped to be one of those chosen to leave his homeland behind and start a new life somewhere else.

Plans for a New Life
James met a Sudanese girl at a refugee camp. She and James longed to get married and leave Africa together. Every day James checked with officials to see if he had been selected to go to another country.

One day, James found his name on a list of people who could go to America! His girlfriend was on the list to leave, too! She was very excited. She told James she would marry him and they could travel together.
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Sudan: John
John thinks he is 5 years old. But he’s not sure.

John lives in Sudan. For many years, wars have interrupted people’s lives in southern Sudan. Many children don’t celebrate birthdays. In fact, many don’t even have homes to live in.

Some people whose homes were burned down during the war live in camps for homeless people. John lives in the “bush” (woods).

Christians found John standing beside the road that led to a camp. “Would you like us to take you to the camp?” the Christians asked John.

“No,” said John.

John told the Christians that his mother warned him not to go to a camp. The camps for homeless people in Sudan are not like camps that people visit for fun in other countries. The Sudanese camps are dirty and dangerous. People huddle together for protection. But Muslim raiders from the north still come and kidnap people from the camps. They take the people to the north and sell them as slaves to Muslim families.

“It would be better to die a Christian in the bush than to live as a Muslim in slavery,” John’s Christian mother had told him.
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