From about May to early December, Southern Sudan has its rainy season. And sometimes when it rains, it just keeps raining. After weeks and weeks of soaking rain, the ground is saturated and the land becomes just one big mud bog. The sticky mud, called black cotton, will suck one’s shoes right off his feet. [...]
By Matt Chancey On September 14th, while the attention of America was focused on the “Tea Party” electoral upset in Delaware, the Obama Administration released a policy statement titled, “Intensifying Diplomacy in the Lead up to the Referenda in Sudan.” This document lays out the administration’s plans to encourage a peaceful transition of Sudan into [...]
by Ed Lyons Paul, the bondservant of Jesus Christ, did not own a cell phone, and he didn’t have access to e-mail. He wrote epistles. He wrote to encourage the believers, to explain doctrine, and to correct misunderstandings. And he wrote to keep churches informed of his activities. It’s much easier to stay in touch [...]
With less than 6 months to go before Southern Sudan votes on whether to secede and form its own Republic, organizations working inside the country say Sudan is not ready. The Sudan Tribune recently reported that 24 humanitarian organizations issued a report that Sudan is “alarmingly unprepared” for the secession referendum in January, 2011. One [...]
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 a [...]
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 [...]
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