A Long Road to the Beginning The story of South Sudan has not yet been written, but it is already one of the more gripping histories in our modern times. On January 1, 1956, the nation of Sudan officially became independent of British rule, and the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum immediately began a campaign of […]
Poverty is Africa’s biggest industry. Every year, $ billions flood into Africa in the form of government and privately funded charity. Hundreds of thousands of short-term missionaries, doctors, educators, and aid workers fly in to do what they can for some of the poorest people in the world. The Bible says much about the poor, […]
Void: An empty space. No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born. “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I […]
Void: An empty space. What I just witnessed never happened. You won’t read about it anywhere in the news. No one is talking about it. Yet I just returned from seeing the biggest humanitarian crisis going on in Africa today… and most of the world is doing nothing about it. Several weeks ago, I wrote […]
By Brad Phillips Last week, PPF sent out a press release reporting on the recent bombing of Darfur refugees in Southern Sudan. Although these incidents were far from the worst behavior we have witnessed from the National Congress Party in Khartoum (formerly known as the National Islamic Front), it especially hit home to us because […]
By Ed Lyons I just finished reading Brian Kluth’s book, Experiencing God as Your Provider. In it, he writes, “God our Provider has a plan to allow us to glorify Him and bless others. He promises to meet our needs as we labor in those things to which He has called us.” Later, he reminds […]
This building will soon be the home of PPF-supported pastor, Tito Abaha, and his family. Once completed, the home will function as a guest house and the headquarters for Pastor Tito’s ministry in Torit, Southern Sudan. This home is being built with bricks made by a machine provided by PPF. The machine was purchased mainly […]
By Brad Phillips As I write these lines, the world is rightly focused on the terrible tragedy in Haiti. Sudden calamities like earthquakes and hurricanes test the ministry “response time” of Christians and people of good will. And I have, like you, been blessed to see so much love and support given in such a […]
During PPF’s Christmas outreaches, a team traveled south of Southern Darfur to the river town of Nyamlel, to visit an orphanage supported by PPF ministry partner African Leadership. While in Nyamlel, our vehicle suffered a puncture in one of the tires (a normal occurrence). After putting on a spare, which looked like it was about to join its predecessor, the driver recommended we drive to his office in Aweil to pick up a better spare. This would take us two hours out of our way, but we didn’t want to risk sleeping with hyenas in the desolate bush between us and our base camp in Jaac.
Recently, I travelled to the growing town of Torit in Southern Sudan to participate in a training session. The training session was on how to operate our new brick machine that was purchased earlier this year with the help of our supporters. We all know that the Church of Jesus Christ is not a building, but buildings are important. They communicate a message… that we’re “here to stay.”
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