The Pelican Life

In this episode we speak with Pastor Kujanga Jackson at Zion Community Church in Tulsa, OK. Pastor KJ has brought mission teams on PPM trips in the past, and has now stepped up to the plate to be a host pastor as PPM launches Tulsa as a new location in 2021! We'll take a look back at his experiences on trips and a look ahead at the work God has in store for Tulsa!

How do junior high kids react differently on a mission trip than adults or high schoolers? How can short-term missions be productive and avoid being harmful? Marko from The Youth Cartel joins us to talk about all that and more on this episode of The Pelican Life!

The United States Capitol, Washington DC, is a constant target of adversaries both spiritual and physical. Whether it be political leaders or civilian citizens, DC is a city that needs love just like any other, if not more so. In this episode we'll talk with Deanna VerSchneider, who will  be overseeing PPM's operations in DC as it opens in 2021. She'll tell us what it was like to be in DC in the days after the events at the Capitol building as Congress certified the Presidential election. She'll also tell us about the needs in the city that teams can help address this summer!

In this Christmas episode of The Pelican Life, Adam speaks with Julie Profitt, who has been on multiple mission trips during Christmas time with PPM to Costa Rica! Make sure to stick around until the end when Adam will have a special reading of the Christmas Story straight out of the Bible!

What's the difference between serving in Puerto Rico and Alaska? What's it like when you go behind the curtain and work for PPM instead of leading a team? We'll answer those questions and more with Stephanie Lindsay on this edition of The Pelican Life!

When Hurricane Laura struck southwest Louisiana, Chris and George felt God calling them to build a team and respond, even in the midst of a pandemic. Eventually, they would find a very specific reason that God brought them hundreds of miles to serve in Louisiana. We'll talk about that and more in this edition of The Pelican Life.

What would it be like if you could empower someone in another country to go and serve their community, or another community, or even send them to a NEW country to serve. In this episode, we talk to Adam McLane about PPM's new initiative, PPM Global! It's a new, innovative way to allow the local Church to continue to grow all across the world. For more information, go to ppm.org/global-acces-fund.

What is it like watching your city experience a Category 4 hurricane? What can the local church do in the aftermath? What is PPM doing to help? We'll talk to Nicole Moncrief, a resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, about her experience with Hurricane Laura and how people can help on this episode of The Pelican Life.

What was PPM like as an organization 10 years ago? How far has God led the organization? What's next? We'll talk to Laura Yoch about these questions and more on this episode of The Pelican Life!

Just after Hurricane Laura hit southwest Louisiana, Jim Noreen, Laura Yoch and Carissa Hildebrandt made a trip down to see how PPM could be of help. Between our fantastic partner churches who sent supplies and the new partnerships established, it was quite a trip. Carissa provides an update on that trip and how mission trips can get underway to Louisiana RIGHT NOW!