Les LaMotte, Executive Producer of BackStage Digital Media

Les is a man burdened for the people of South Sudan. On the surface, Les is a man of musical talent, evidenced by his CD and his status 2007 as Los Angeles Music Awards Worship Artist of the Year. He is man who solves problems, a down home inventive genius quickly evident at his Burnsville, Minnesota business, XtraLite Display Systems, where light weight displays are designed, manufactured, and shipped to businesses around the world. He is an affable man. But his contagious smile and laugh fail to hide his burden and drive to help the voiceless people of South Sudan. ??His emotional journey to the heart of Africa began in 2001 at a Minneapolis assembly of International Student Fellowship. Les played his guitar and sang as part of the entertainment. Afterward he shared his life story, relating family struggles with a WWII veteran father, mentally disturbed by all that he had seen, unable to shake loose his memories.??When it was over, he was approached by a black man. My people need you! the man declared forcefully. Les recalls, He connected with my story, my familys conflicts,caused by the gruesome ravages of war and memories that torment a persons soul.?That man was Steven Chambang, himself a refugee, when during that countys civil wars in the 1950s was forced with his family to flee their small village. They had much in common and Less heart was moved as he listened and learned of the hardship and despair Stevens Sudanese people faced daily. Les, a man of Christian faith found a growing love for the Sudanese, and soon a new direction for his life with new problems to solve to the benefit of those he has named the voiceless people of South Sudan. ?For Steven Chambang, the Sudanese struggle had been his calling, mostly alone as he labored as his peoples advocate. Now there were two, and in 2001 together they formed SudanHope.org, a Minneapolis based 501©3 non-profit to bring new hope to the people of South Sudan.?For more information, contact Les LaMotte by email: Les@SudanHope.org
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