From CNN Arizona-
In the mid-morning Arizona sun a group of Sudanese immigrants begin to trickle into a small church yard.
Dressed in their finest, young women lead their children, while men meet and mingle on the steps of the church.
As they gather outside, songs of jubilation fill the air as the youth choir begins to practice inside.
This is St. Paul the Apostle Sudanese Episcopal Church, thought to be the first Sudanese church in the United States.
Displaced from their country during its civil war, millions of Sudanese refugees struggled to survive. But for many of the displaced it was their faith that kept them going as they tried to rebuild their lives.
"I feel that I want to serve the community," said the Reverend Anderia Arok, who has led the church since 2008.
More here-
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/24/Sudan.refugees.church/
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