It's hard to believe that it's that time of year again, but it is. We're two months out from observing the 2012 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, which will take place this year on November 11th.

In our recent Be-A-Voice-Network prayer alert we sent out to our network, we shared some prayer requests and a praise report about the pastor of the church in Kenya. Kenya is not considered a Restricted Nation yet, but many are watching the levels of persecution there. Please pray for the protection of the saints in Kenya. Here's part of the alert we sent out.

Unidentified workers, backed by police and civil volunteers, tore down the Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church in east Moscow in the early morning hours of Sept. 6, then accused the pastor of holding an unapproved meeting for the worship service he led on the grounds of the destroyed church two days later. The workers came at midnight with bulldozers and diggers, looting the building of sound equipment, musical instruments, service books and Communion materials before using heavy equipment to demolish the structure. A church caretaker was taken to the police station and prevented from contacting church members for three hours.

Burma (MNN) ? Burma doesn't seem to have made as many advances as it first appeared in a year of change.

It's that time of year again, when parents are sending their children back to school. Some of you may have already done this and others of you may still have a few weeks before school begins, which is why, I wanted to remind you that The Voice of the Martyrs offers a GREAT classroom experience that anyone can partake in by simply signing up for a free class.

Today is the eleventh anniversary of September 11, 2001 and here at the Persecution Blog I can't help but think of the thousands of victims of Christian persecution who have lost their lives because of Islamic Muslim terrorists who have killed them.

Last Friday I had half of a day disruption of my internet service so I wasn't able to share with you on Friday about our weekly Persecution Podcast.Today, I wanted to make sure that you know that we posted Persecution Podcast #131 in which David and Dory shared prayer requests from Central Asia, Iran, Indonesia and Pakistan.

Today I wanted to tell you all that we have some great new banners that you can download and then upload to your own website or blog in order to help spread the word about Asia Bibi who is still in prison.

Last week we shared with you that bail had been set for Rimsha Masih and over the weekend we were happy to hear that she was indeed released from Prison. Please continue your prayers for her and her family.