The United States is not the only nation whose independence is being celebrated this month in Kansas City.

On Friday night, gathered dozens of Sudanese living in Kansas City at Grace Church of the Nazarene to celebrate the birth of the Republic of South Sudan.

“To finally an independent nation, free is a blessing from God,” said Robert Kori, who came to the United States 12 years ago. “We have waited a long time.”

In January agreed the population of South Sudan, the region in the north, which is mostly Arabs share, after decades of struggle and oppression. The recent civil war began in 1983 and was completed in 2005 as part of a peace agreement mediated completed by the international community.
Despite the heat, came the most men, the church on Independence Avenue in their best suits, while women wore dresses of traditional African prints. They planned for the Republic of South Sudan to pray, and shortly after midnight, singing the anthem of the new country.

CNN coverage of the celebrations of independence day – Southern Sudan is about eight hours before the Kansas City – would be projected on a screen in the sanctuary of the church.

“We are here until the wee hours,” said Joey Condon, pastor of Grace Church.

The community plans to hold regular religious services for the community north east Old Sudan.

Kori, who was now a U.S. citizen who intended to return to southern Sudan, but it probably will not do it for five or six years. This is, as long as he believes that to take the new land to find its footing.

“You can not achieve overnight,” he said.

Experts say that South Sudan is one of the most developed countries in the world. Only 15 percent of the population illiterate. The new land is about as big as Texas but only has 30 miles of paved roads.

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