'War made me an orphan and I tried to end my life. But God saved me'

Bernard Suwa grew up as a refugee during Sudan’s civil war. By his 16th birthday he was a homeless orphan contemplating suicide, but God had other plans. Today, Rev Suwa leads Grace Community Church in Juba supporting missionaries who are re-building his beloved country

Until the age of seven, I lived peacefully with my family in southern Sudan, but in 1964, that changed.

The first Sudanese Civil War reached our village, so I fled to Uganda with my sister’s family. We began our 22 mile journey on foot, but because the main road was infested with soldiers, we had to access the border another way.