DiAnn Mills - Lost Boy No More: A True Story of Survival and Salvation

This is the unbelievable story of the pilgrimage of ten thousand-plus boys from one tribe in Africa as they confront the horrors of Islam and find hope in Jesus. I highly recommend it.

William D. Boyd, Ph.D.

President, College of Biblical Studies

Houston, Texas

Lost Boy No More is a riveting readsimply one of the most moving books I have read in some time. Abraham Nhial and DiAnn Mills have written an amazing contribution to Christian literature. The narrative of the Lost Boys of the Sudan is a tragically overlooked event in Christian history, and, at long last, the truth is known. I pray every single pastor and Christian reads this book with undiverted attention. It will radically affect your worldview and will stifle the incessant whining of comfortable Christianity. The sacrifices of the church in Sudan make our worst days seem benign.

Dr. Ergun Mehmet Caner

Author, Christian Jihad
(Gold Medallion winner)

Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia

During every holocaust, every genocide, every ethnic cleansing, the world squeezes its eyes shut and stops its ears. And ever after, it vows 'Never again!' It must not be so with the Body of Christ. Lost Boy No More is must-reading for Western Christians. May it open our eyes, bend our knees, and spread our arms wide to embrace our Sudanese brothers and sisters.

Brad Phillips

President, Persecution Project Foundation

This book is dedicated to
the Lost Boys of Sudan,
their families, friends, and all who
love and support them.

I first heard about the Lost Boys of Sudan several years ago through news reports. The stories told were almost too unbelievable to be true. I wanted to know more but lost track of the story. Then, DiAnn Mills gave me the honor of reading this book. I was once again captured by what may be one of the saddest and yet greatest stories of our time.

The story of Abraham Nhial and the sixteen thousand boys who wandered Africa for years, alone and afraid, is a story of biblical proportions. People of all religions are familiar with the accounts of Abraham of the Bible. His faith in God led him and his family on a journey that laid the foundation for the world. Few, however, know the story of the modern-day Abraham as told in this incredible book.

DiAnn Mills takes the reader on a heartbreaking and inspiring journey from the Sudan to Ethiopia and Kenya. Sixteen thousand boys came together from all across the Sudan, as they fled from those attacking their villages and killing their parents, brothers, sisters, and other family members. These boys werealone, with only each other to guide the way, provide food, and try to protect each other. In their journey to safety, they had to survive rebel soldiers, crocodiles, and the elements of the unforgiving countryside. Many did not survive.

The Lost Boys eventually found safety in Ethiopia, but it, too, was overrun by rebels and the boys had to go on the run again. Their journey led them back to the land they had fled in fear and then on to a United Nations refugee camp in Kenya. Many ended up, and still live in, the United States, where they are receiving an education and waiting to return to their homeland one day.

This book is more than a story of an incredible journey by brave young boys. It is most importantly a story of faith. This is why I see this work by DiAnn Mills as a story of biblical proportions. The faith of these boys in Jesus as their Savior, despite the ordeals they suffered in their journey and still face today, can be compared to the stories of faith in the Bible. The faith of the Lost Boys is an example to all in the world of the peace, hope, and promise of God's Word. Every believer will be inspired by the story of the Lost Boys. Nonbelievers will understand, possibly for the first time, how faith in Jesus Christ is the only answer for the struggles of this world.

This story is also one of the politics and religion of this world. In a time when the Christian and Islamic faiths are on a collision course in much of the world, DiAnn Mills walks us through each faith so that the reader has a better understanding of the present-day conflicts through the backdrop of her story on Abraham's journey across Africa.

You will be shocked, saddened, inspired, and filled with hope as you read Lost Boy No More.

Dan Patrick

Dan Patrick is author of the best-selling book The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read, a personal challenge to read the Bible. He is owner of Houston Broadcasting and hosts a daily radio talk show. An award-winning veteran of more than thirty-five years in the media, he is a regular contributor to Fox News, MSNBC, and other networks. He is often the guest host on national radio shows for Michael Reagan and Laura Ingraham.

AASG: American Anti-Slavery Group

Abid: Slave

ACT: Action by Churches Together

Bilad al-Sudan: Arabic meaning the land of the blacks

CCMA: Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta

CEAWC: Committee for the Eradication of the Abduction of Women and Children

Condominium rule: When two countries rule a separate country

CPMT: Civilian Protection Monitoring Team

CSI: Christian Solidarity International

CWS: Church World Services

Durra: a type of grain, which is mixed with milk to form a thick doughy porridge

EMM: Episcopal Migration Ministries

ERLC: Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

Freedom House: A nonprofit organization dedicated to democracy and freedom around the world

GOS: Islamic Government of Sudan, based in Khartoum

GED: General Equivalency Diploma

Ghee: a semiliquid butter made from cows' milk

Human Rights Watch: a humanitarian organization against slave redemption

ICG: International Crisis Group

IGAD: Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, which promotes a social, economic, and scientific community among its members

INS: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

IRC: International Rescue Committee

Jihad: a Muslim holy war against those who do not follow Islamic beliefs

Jubilee Partners: A ministry organization in Georgia dedicated to assisting refugees for the first two months after arriving in the United States

Karkaday: a variety of hibiscus whose flowers are dried, crushed, and boiled into a deep red tea, with sugar added

LWF: Lutheran World Federation

Mujahadeen: Islamic holy warriors

NCC: National Council of Churches

NDA: National Democratic Alliance

NIF: National Islamic Front

NSCC: New Sudan Council of Churches

OLS: Operation Lifeline Sudan. The world's largest humanitarian aid group, made up of UN agencies for assistance to north and south Sudan

Parapoul: a young man between the age of ten and sixteen who is about to enter the rites of manhood in the Dinka tribe. Means one who has stopped milking.

Qur'an: according to Islam, the sacred text or revelations from God

RRISA: Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta

SCC: Sudan Council of Churches

Shari'a: the code of law based on the Qur'an