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Come hear ASC President Jacob Guot speak at First United Methodist Church in Lancaster, PA, the weekend of Sunday, July 24, 2016. He will be sharing his story and his vision for work among the refugees of South Sudan in the three Sunday morning services.

On the heels of its fifth anniversary of independence, fighting has again broken out in South Sudan. ASC requests prayer for all involved and prays that God will intervene in the country’s suffering.

Within the settlement camps in Uganda, South Sudanese refugees are using their agricultural skills to raise funds for their children’s school fees.

Two recent articles from the Sudan Tribune newspaper tell of worsening violence and the dire need for food among people in South Sudan.

I became one of the “Lost Boys” in 1987. We lost everything – our families, our homes, and even our country.

Imagine half the children in the state of Georgia not being able to go to school. (Both Georgia and South Sudan have a population of about 10 million.) What would happen if this scenario held true here in America?

It seems South Sudan hasn’t seen peace since the creation of Adam and Eve. Its inhabitants may never see peace anytime soon, unless people of good conscience and benevolence would step in and help the most overlooked humans in the world.

We have been notified that hundreds of thousands of civilians are fleeing the cities of Jalle Payam and Maar as a result of another heavy attack from the rebels.

ASC President Jacob Guot explains the current situation in the state of Jonglei, South Sudan.

As the world looked on the November 13 Paris attacks in horror, another horror was occurring in South Sudan. Rebel forces swept through Maar Village killing women, children, and the elderly without heed. ASC’s President, Jacob Thon Guot lost 23 family members and another 80 people in the village were wounded. Thousands of people have fled the area.