Sudanese Christian Finds Hope After Fleeing to South Sudan
When an Islamic militia attacked Saleh’s village in Sudan, everything he had built collapsed in a single day.
As a new convert to Christianity, the decision to follow Jesus had already come at a high cost. Family ties were broken. His community no longer understood him. Arguments filled the home, and some relatives even planned to harm him. Then the violence forced him to flee, leaving him empty and stripped of nearly everything he once knew.
“I still remember the day I converted from Islam to Christianity, and the first challenge was at home,” Saleh said. “My family and relatives saw my decision as turning away from our tradition. There were arguments, misunderstandings, and moments when I felt distant from the people I loved most. Some stopped speaking to me and planned to kill me. But I am grateful to God that I am still alive despite all the challenges.”
Life as a refugee brought its own quiet battles: the daily struggle for shelter, food, and any sense of hope. For years, Saleh held on. He grew closer to Jesus, cared for his niece, and clung to his faith as he waited for a door to open.
That door opened earlier this year. When tuition fees forced him to drop out of school, International Christian Concern (ICC) stepped in, not with a temporary handout, but with something lasting: a motorbike.
A New Life
Today, that simple gift has changed everything. Saleh works with the motorbike to earn an income, covering school fees for both himself and his niece. The education he once feared was lost forever is now possible again. And true to the spirit that brought him this far, he is not only rebuilding his own life but also making sure his niece can walk through a door that was once closed to him.
“I am very grateful to ICC for touching my life,” Saleh said. “Through their act, I am now growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Looking back, He has been faithful to me. I have peace in my heart, no more sense of trauma, just peace.”
In his own words, Saleh calls ICC “agents of change” in his life. Yet, in truth, he is the one showing what quiet courage looks like, a young man who lost so much and is now using his second chance to lift someone else with him.
“Your care and support have healed my wounds that were caused by enemies when I converted from Islam to Christianity,” Saleh shared.
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