A former Muslim living in the camp shared his testimony:
“I was born again in Christ in the year 2017. My parents chased me out of our home because I had brought shame on my family. A witchdoctor decided that I was to be beheaded. To escape, I sold all of the animals I owned, and hid in a military vehicle which was going to Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
Reaching Juba, I used the money I had to illegally enter Uganda, and ended up at a refugee camp in northern Uganda. There I stayed, learning the Word of God, praying for my family, and wondering if they would ever forgive me. I never returned home because I was afraid of being beheaded.
Thinking of returning home, I spoke with the pastor of the church who had been discipling me all of this time. He prayed with me, and gave me the money to return home.
Arriving once again in Juba, I found my uncle who welcomed me into his home, but warned me never to say anything about my new faith to any of my family members. Otherwise, he said that he would kill me personally with his own sword.
A week later, he gave me money for transport to get to the camp, and thereafter, back to my own people. Little did I know that he had been in communication with my family, and upon reaching the camp, I was received by my brother.
My two brothers came down from the Nuba mountains, and after we were all sitting down together, they asked me if I was willing to go back to ‘our’ religion.
‘You have brought shame to our family,’ they said. ‘You deserve death alone!’ I told them that I was a Christian and that I would not change. One of my brothers was very angry, but the other one said that he would love to know why I became the way I now am.
Over time, I have been sharing Bible stories with one of my brothers in order to help him to understand God’s message. Although I am planning to meet the rest of my family, I do not know what awaits me. I need prayer.
Pray that the Lord would give me the boldness to preach His word to my own family and to love them even though they hate me.”
Romans 1:16: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (KJV).