Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church

Sudan mission team featured in national story

February 11, 2011

When the overwhelming vote for independence in Southern Sudan became official, the celebration in Yei, Sudan, lasted throughout the night and into the next morning.

Danny Howe, co-leader of a 10-member team from the United Methodist Holston Annual (regional) Conference visiting the area, recalled the jubilant shouting after results of the Southern Sudan Referendum 2011 were read on Feb. 7.

“It began in adjacent villages and increased in intensity as it filled the air with the spine-chilling reality that we were experiencing a human emotion that we had never experienced before,” Howe said. “Soon after, the sound of gunshots began to accent their need and desire to let the world know that South Sudan was finally free.”

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See also:

• "Holston sends 13th mission team to media-hot South Sudan" (The Call, 2/3/11)