In recent years most of my South Sudanese friends have been living in or near the town of Yei. Until last summer it was relatively peaceful. But now the town has become a focus of conflict and I hear disturbing stories of abduction, torture, murder and rape. One church leader was apparently burnt alive. "Even young boys can be killed and young girls raped,” said one friend, “and old ones too." Many Mündüs are now refugees in Uganda - for the second or even third time their lives. Uganda treats the refugees generously - but the numbers are overwhelming. In the second half of last year over 300,000 refugees fled from the Yei area to Uganda – greater than the number who fled from Syria during the whole of 2016. More than 2500 refugees continue to pour into Uganda every day. Bidibidi, just a village last year, now hosts the largest refugee settlement in the world. You can imagine that the refugees have been traumatised by their experiences. My friend Ngaimoko, son of one of the original team that translated the Mündü New Testament, is working with the Diocese of Yei (Episcopal Church of South Sudan) to provide trauma healing and encouragement for Mündü refugees in their own language. I plan to do the Belfast City Marathon Walk (eight miles) on 1st May in order to raise some money for Ngaimoko and his work.