PPF President Brad Phillips and Founding Director Matt Chancey recently visited Steve and Iris Matusik. Steve and Iris are longtime friends of PPF and live in the remote Lopit mountains of Southern Sudan with their five children. Below are pictures from the trip, where the PPF team delivered medicine to the local clinic, and […]
by Brad Phillips This past July 4th holiday was very special for me. There were no hot dogs and barbecue. No pool parties. No fireworks. Nevertheless, I will never forget it, because I was in Southern Sudan with my good friends, Stephan and Iris Matusik – real pioneer missionaries. Steve and Iris run a small […]
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 […]
There are many clubs that high schoolers can join, and there are some who believe that these clubs exist merely to pad the college resumes of ambitious students. However, for dedicated members of the STAND organization at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this is not the case. Students who become an active […]
by Ed Lyons “No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs – he wants to please his commanding officer.” – 2 Timothy 2:4 As we landed on the Jaac airstrip in March, I noticed two soldiers standing under a tree at the edge of the runway. They were there to protect our […]
Less than a year after a UN official announced the official “end” of the war in Darfur, Sudan, the UN released a document stating that May, 2010, was the deadliest month in Darfur since 2008. Fighting between rebel groups and government troops cost nearly 600 lives, which is the highest death toll in a single […]
Enterprise, Alabama, is a unique town, because it’s the only municipality in the world with a monument dedicated to a pest. More than 100 years ago, the boll weevil destroyed much of the area’s cotton crop and forced farmers to diversify by planting other plants – including peanuts, which became a new cash crop. In […]
by Brad Phillips I remember reading about some early missionaries to Africa and how they experienced “turf wars” with other missionaries and organizations. At the time, I wondered why there was so much tension between people who were trying to do God’s work in an area that had more than enough work for everybody. Then, […]
Dear PPF, One day, I was listening to a local radio station, and they did an interview with someone about Persecution Project Foundation and the 100 Wells Campaign. When I got home from work, I went to the website and watched the video, and it really touched my heart. I did a little research on […]
by Brad Phillips The elections in Sudan are now officially over and all winners announced. The good news is that, so far, in the aftermath, there has been comparatively little of the violence that was initially feared by many. The bad news is that the elections were a sham. President Omar al-Bashir easily won his […]
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