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Steadfast and Unchanging

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We have good news and better news to report. The good news is that we have met our fundraising goal for supplying hospital beds and additional furniture items for the new Maternity Ward at Gigaiba Referral Hospital in the war-torn Nuba mountains of Sudan! But we have better news: most of the items have already…
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Steadfast and Unchanging

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By Ed Lyons A little over a year ago, I was participating in the annual “Run/Walk for Water” hosted by Peninsula Grace Church in Soldotna, AK. The event took place immediately after their church service, where I provided an in-person update on all of our Nuba outreaches. Fast forward a year, and our ministry updates…
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Summer Ministry Madness

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Summer in the States is marked by rising temperatures and drier weather. But in the Nuba mountains of Sudan, it’s the opposite. Seasonal rains begin around May and typically carry on through November. This cools things down a bit and turns the brownish landscape into beautiful green. But the rains also bring mud. Lots of…
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Nearly There!

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The newly constructed maternity ward at Dr. Ahmed Zakariah’s Gigaiba Referral Hospital in the Nuba mountains has the capacity to provide in-patient treatment to as many as 60 mothers and babies at a time. Persecution Project has budgeted $75,000 to provide the new ward with all the beds, mattresses, and other important furnishings. The budget…
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A New Phase for Prayer and Progress

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In the war-torn Nuba mountains of Sudan, the coronavirus still plays second fiddle to the pre-existing challenges resulting from a nine-year humanitarian blockade and other repressive and genocidal policies of Islamists in Khartoum. One of the major challenges is the lack of access to essential medical care— not just for Covid-19, but everything. For the…
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Staff and Volunteer Ward Also Progressing

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We have recently reported the completion of the maternity ward construction at Gigaiba Referral Hospital. You can learn more about this project by visiting www.NubaHospital.com  But there are other important ways you can help our persecuted brothers and sisters get access to the care they need. As we raise funds to furnish the maternity ward…
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Love is a Verb

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By Matt Chancey Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,…
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If anything is Excellent or Praiseworthy

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By Ed Lyons In Philippians 4, Paul instructs us to stand fast in the Lord (v 1), rejoice in the Lord always (v 4), be gentle and kind to all men (v 5), and be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let our requests be made known to God…
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A Refuge from the Storms

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“There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain.” (Is. 4:6 NAS) The months of May and June traditionally herald the beginning of the rainy season in East Africa. In 2019, a deluge of rain caused flooding and crop damage unseen…
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Reflections on Service

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by Dr. Gene Ulmanis It was September, 2019, and I received a phone call from Ed Lyons at Persecution Project, asking if I would be interested in visiting our ministry projects in the war-torn Nuba mountains of Sudan. The response from my heart was an instant “YES!” When I went home and told my wife,…
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