Sudan

Students from Bor, Malakal and Renk dioceses surround the Rev. Lauren Stanley at the Renk Bible College in South Sudan.

Robin Denney, an Episcopal Church missionary in Sudan, greets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Juba Jan. 9 as southern Sudanese begin voting in the referendum on independence.

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba Paulino Lukudu and Episcopal Archbishop of Sudan Daniel Deng Bul meet with interfaith leaders on Jan. 9 as they prepare to vote in the referendum on independence.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan casts his vote in the historic referendum in Juba on Jan. 9.

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba Paulino Lukudu (far left) and Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan (second from left) are among the religious leaders meeting with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (center) on Jan. 9 in Juba as they prepare to vote in the referndum on independence.

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba Paulino Lukudu and Episcopal Church of Sudan Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul head to the polls in Juba on Jan. 9 to cast their votes in the referendum on independence.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan casts his vote in Juba on Jan. 9 in the historic referendum on independence, during which southern Sudanese will decide whether to secede from the north or remain a unified country.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan meets with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 9 ahead of voting in the historic referendum on independence, during which southern Sudanese will decide whether to secede from the north or remain a unified country.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan casts his vote in Juba on Jan. 9 in the historic referendum on independence, during which southern Sudanese are deciding whether to secede from the north or remain a unified country.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan shows his ink-stained fingers used to provide his fingerprints as he casts his vote in Juba on Jan. 9 in the historic referendum on independence, during which southern Sudanese will decide whether to secede from the north or remain a unified country.

Southern Sudanese line up outside a polling station in Juba on Jan. 9 preparing to vote in the historic referendum on independence.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan casts his vote in Juba on Jan. 9 in the historic referendum on independence, during which southern Sudanese will decide whether to secede from the north or remain a unified country.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter greets the Catholic and Episcopal archbishops of Sudan as they prepare to vote in the Jan. 9-15 referendum on independence.

A Sundanese Christian woman at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, looking for a daughter she hasn?t seen for 14 years.