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 short [...]
by Brad Phillips
Every now and again, I like to rummage through some old pictures of PPF ministry activities and remember how good God has been to us through the years.
Recently, I ran across several early photos of refugees arriving in Southern Sudan from Darfur. They were on the run, severely discouraged, and starving. Most had [...]
It’s amazing the way God works things out in His own way and time. We are able to look back on the sequence of events and see that His hand and His perfect timing were involved even while we could not see it. Christmas this past year was a wonderful example of this for my [...]
Persecution Project Foundation was contacted in early January by Pastor Francis Ayul of Faith Evangelical Baptist Association of Churches (FEBAC), one of the pastors we support in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. He wrote to tell us about a violent attack that had occurred in the village of Atar in the early morning [...]
Chances are you’ve spoken with Teresa Hurlock, if you have ever called the PPF office in Virginia. Teresa is the “voice” of PPF. She is our “first impression” and has served the organization for nearly six years. As the first contact with the donor, she works with the realization that all PPF employees are the [...]
By Matt Chancey
In a recent Africa Messenger, we included a picture of some of the students from Providence Christian School in Dothan, Alabama. The students at Providence have been wonderful partners in our clean water projects.
My mother is a Latin teacher at Providence and recently invited me to give the students an update from my [...]
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.
I was somewhere between Gok Machar and Jaac with my team. It had already been a long day. What was supposed to be a three-hour journey had doubled. It was well past dark, and our vehicle was weaving in and out between trees and thorn bushes, trying to avoid the occasional stump protruding from the “road” that was really nothing more than a glorified cow path.
Kraig Swanger is a man of passion. He has a passion for the Lord, a passion for his family, and a passion for the persecuted Church. That’s what inspired Kraig to become a founding Board Member at Persecution Project Foundation. He wanted to help.