What South Sudan needs now Part 2 of 2

Imagine the vast number of returnees from the North who once
had paying jobs but resigned to go home and start a new life in the South.
How will the Government of South Sudan absorb them? Imagine the strain this is having
on the fragile economy and the consequences thereof.

Many undergraduate Southerners who felt unsafe in the North
had to leave school and return to the South.  As I write, all the government owned Higher
Institutions (just two or three) in South Sudan are closed and may remain
closed until the modalities for their operation are sorted out. These were
formally being run from the North.

So, pending when they reopen, what will these students be
doing?

We need Jobs: Education
without a platform for expression of knowledge gained aimed at economic
strength will lead to frustration. School-leavers must have a place to work and
earn a living or learn how to create jobs for themselves. South Sudan is awash with
idle hands and blank minds now.

Education
and job creation are the cornerstones to a foundation for building a dynamic,
peaceful, and prosperous nation. As such, the church should be committed to
purposeful investments here.

South
Sudan is waiting and so is heaven, for us to connect at the right places and
with the right people, for Jesus to take His place in every sphere. How?

Are you
Kingdom-minded enough to risk your resources, grace and gifting in a place like South
Sudan? Are you an expert in micro financing and entrepreneurship? Do you have a nose for business in
new territories?

-Teaching us how to invest and also provide us with a platform to start.

-Teaching us how to sacrifice and modeling it amongst us.

-Teaching us how to save and share the benefits.

-Teaching us how to evaluate and spend resources.

-Teaching us how to dream and cast yours to us.

If there are any group of people in the world that should be running
into South Sudan today, it should be Kingdom-minded Christians. I recall when the
Berlin Wall fell, one ministry in the USA that was sending me Bibles and Tracts
for distribution wrote to say they are moving into Eastern Europe immediately
and as such cannot continue to send me the items. They understood what needed
to be done.

This is another Macedonian Call. Who will hear us and come
over?

The needs are many and the challenge huge. But imagine the destiny of millions resting on our decisions and efforts today.

Imagine the many thanks-giving and worship that will accrue
to God on account of our adventures in a new nation like South Sudan.

I’m dreaming of a “School-to-Farm Project” for the youths in
South Sudan. Can you dream with me? South Sudan needs the Christ we are carrying.

Author: Uche Izuora

I'm inspired by God’s passion for His name in every generation, which provokes global worship through Jesus Christ. Becoming an emotionally healthy and transformative disciple, I aim to mobilize the Church to engage in cross-cultural missions and raise other like-minded disciples who discover themselves in Christ and seek to present and represent Him as Savior and Lord among the nations northward of Uganda. View all posts by Uche Izuora