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January 11, 2011

Sudanese Christians in America Pray, Vote

"We have been waiting for this event, for this time, for a very long time," Pastor says.

As South Sudanese voters crowded into polling locations all over the world--including eight cities in the United States--a Sudanese congregation which meets at the Evangelical Free Church in Wheaton, Illinois gathered to pray for their homeland and its future.

The pastor, Durmomo Gary, himself a refugee from South Sudan, spoke with CT.