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South Sudan

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To Fargo and back

“Hugging people with tears of joy was the highlight of my recent trip to the US for me. We former Lost Boys had lots to reminisce about because we are such good friends — we kept each other alive on the long desert journeys and during our 15 years in the refugee camps,” says Bishop Daniel Abot

Left to right: Bishop Daniel Abot; Elizabeth, a “foster” carer; Adhieu, Angeer’s “foster” carer; Roda, a “foster carer”; Angeer holding an image of herself at her Prep graduation; and, The Rev’d Mary Ajook who oversees the care of the South Sudanese orphans when Bishop Daniel is absent from Uganda (image taken in Uganda in April 2024)
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The miraculous story of baby Angeer

“Because I had been flown from Juba in a Mission Aviation Fellowship plane, I was able to arrange for baby Angeer to be airlifted to a hospital in Juba. She was held lovingly in the aircraft on the way,” says Bishop Daniel Abot from South Sudan
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Bishop Daniel Abot’s Palm Sunday 2024 message

“I remember my first Palm Sunday. It was in 1987. I was fleeing to Ethiopia from South Sudan, along with thousands of other young boys and girls, to avoid being conscripted as a child soldier. Even though I was only 11 years old at the time, I knew it was Palm Sunday. Because we were fleeing on foot through the bush, the only way we could keep track of time was by the moon. We gathered under a shady tree in prayer to commemorate the special day,” says Bishop Daniel Abot

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