Desperate March

By Carolyn Koster Yost

Abraham is one of thousands of children who fled on foot after enemies set fire to their villages and often killed their families. The children walked over a thousand miles across Sudan and Ethiopia, ending up in refugee camps in Kenya. During their march, they suffered from unending hunger and thirst, illness and injury. They had to keep alert for danger from lions, crocodiles, and enemy soldiers.

Although Abrahams faith falters at times during his journey, he later discovers that his trust in God grew during his desperate march.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: May 5, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490878157

Carolyn Koster Yost

Carolyn Koster Yost interviewed some of the “Lost Boys” as a newspaper and magazine writer, and she was their teacher during summer school. She also has authored two children’s books and many devotional stories. She has taught children in Bible classes in her home and in church. Her passion is to see children grow in faith and practice trusting God in all situations. She lives in Hudsonville, Michigan, and spends her winters in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her books include: Mother Rabbit Knew, which won the Children’s Reading Round Table of Chicago Award, and The Robins Knew.

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-7816-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-7815-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015906506

WestBow Press rev. date: 5/5/2015

CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Also by Carolyn Koster Yost, Mother Rabbit

Knew and The Robins Knew.

To all child refugees in the world.

The plight of the Lost Boys of Sudan deeply touched me when, as a reporter, I interviewed some of them. I want to tell their story to children in the United States to arouse awareness of child refugees everywhere. In this story, Abraham typifies children aged five and up, and John represents those above ten years old.

Untold numbers of children, called the Lost Boys" fled in terror from their homes and families as civil war raged across Sudan. To escape, they walked barefoot hundreds of miles across three countries, striving against hunger, thirst, crocodile-infested rivers and lions. Their story will enlighten children about child refugees and inspire faith, fortitude and determination in their own lives.

CHAPTER ONE

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M y name is Abraham, but I cannot tell you my age. For most of my life,