We watched a movie in class at the end of last week about the Lost Boys of Sudan. I knew quite a bit about them for my church, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Barrington, has a ongoing twelve-year covenant relationship with the Diocese of Renk in Sudan. The Second Sudanese civil war left tens of thousands of boys orphaned and displaced, fighting to take refuge elsewhere or to not give up hope on their beloved country. Our goal is to rebuild the social structure and to develop Christian leadership and to support and strengthen in the now peaceful, southern Sudan. The video we saw in class was to show the stories of some of the Lost Boys who fled to the United States to adapt to our culture, find a home, find a job, make new friends, get an education, and create a prosperous life. Though the challenges (such as learning to keep receipts, needing to get a license before driving a car, etc.) they face are familiar to us, the boys unknowingly trudged through and learned how to become an American. They prefer living in the United States rather than Sudan because there are more opportunities to succeed for a better future.
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