ONLY God could Help

Men experience life in constant civil war
By Kim Gilliland - Persecution.org

Andrew Mandis and Bullen Dolli spend a quiet together. They both escaped the 23 year Civil War in Southern Sudan. For the first time, word about the 23 year civil war in southern Sudan is getting out. Four Survivors will tell their struggle to practice Christianity, teach and exist in the war-torn country in Africa at Tri-City Baptist Church.

It wasn't until a peace treaty was signed in January 2005 that survivors were able to leave the country legally. It was only recently that word of their struggles fell on the ears of Westerners.
Three of the four sat down for an interview Sunday in a small chapel on the grounds of Tri-City Baptist . Each one had a harrowing tale to tell.

Andrew Mandis, 22, would cringe every time he heard an airplane fly overhead. On Sundays near his village, Mandis and a group of Christians worshipped out in a field. Then the unmistakable drone of Islamic aircraft would send the group fleeing.
"We would hear the planes coming and hide in the hole, he said. After the bombs dropped, we'd come back up. We thought there was no way out, only God! The words of a song helped to take their minds off of the bombs falling around them: Help Me Lord Jesus, come close to me, the would sing while hiding in the makeshift underground shelter.