"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
March 30, 2015 (SSB) —- Thousands of South Sudanese Christian march in Church processions to join the rest of the world in celebration of Palm Sunday, the day Christian commemorate Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey.
On the celebrations and prayers for South Sudan, the Christians in Eldoret center their prayers on peace and reconciliation in the country ahead of the peace talks resumption in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in April 2015.
The faithful Christian ask God to open the way for two leaders of South Sudan, the armed rebel leader Riek Machar and President Kiir Mayardit to put aside their differences and bring peace to South Sudan.
One of the pastors denounces the issue of tribalism and war in South Sudan saying that politicians have planted the seeds of ethnic hatred. It need to be uprooted by the youth, he said, telling the youth not to blindly follow the politicians for political reason or along tribal lines.
He continues by declaring that South Sudan belong to all of us regardless of our tribes, religions, gender.
“We are one people for the betterment of the country,” he stresses. Our country is in serious crisis cause by certain individuals who need power by force, the pastor added.
The prayers for Palm Sunday was attended by four churches in Eldoret to pray for one voice so that God can answer their prayers to bring peace in the republic of South Sudan.
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