Life in a Sudanese refugee camp is no picnic, and Ajoung Thok is no exception. Founded in 2013 along South Sudan’s northern border, it has grown into a rough rural town of about 40,000. And it needs everything. Food, shelter, clean water, hygiene, and healthcare are all in short supply.

That may be why Amona Ibrahim fell ill, and none of the available medicines helped. But Amona had a resource her family was unaware of. Several months earlier, she’d found an Arabic translation of the Bible in her brother’s room and had secretly begun reading it because her family is Muslim and hostile to Christianity.

As she read, she gradually lost interest in Muslim prayers and increasingly avoided bad friends. Then she got sick, and when the medicines failed, she asked Christian friends for prayer. Their church prayed, Amona got well, and a short time later, she put her faith in Christ. During the Christmas season, she made her faith public.

That set off a firestorm in her family.

They attempted to isolate her and warned her to renounce Christ, or they would disown her. On January 8, 2026, her mother drove her out. “My mother took a stone and chased me away from the house, and my older brother told me that we would never stay together in one house, and that one of us must die,” she told a source.

But Amona has more than one brother. Her step-brother is Ibrahim Abdalla. He’s a missionary with our Sudanese ministry partner, Greater Reach Alliance (GRA). Thankfully, Ibrahim managed to get her on a flight out of Ajoung Thok. GRA has admitted her to their six-month discipleship training and has taken responsibility for her well-being. They are now trusting God to provide support for her education and living costs.

Like an acorn waiting for its day to sprout into a mighty oak, God’s Word in the right place at the right time has life-changing power. As you partner with unfoldingWord, you are empowering ministry partners like GRA to plant gospel acorns throughout Sudan, South Sudan, and surrounding countries.