We are so thankful for our friends at China Aid and for the wonderful work they do keeping the world informed of what's happening in China. You may read more at China Aid.

One of the things we often discuss on this blog is persecution that takes place in Nigeria. And while it's very easy to read about Christians being martyred for their faith, so often we forget that there is a family left behind and in some cases, just the children are left behind as orphans.

Last week we asked you to take the time to write Youcef Nadarkhani and I am very happy to tell you that 115 more letters were written to Youcef!!! Praise the Lord for your faithfulness to act!! A big thank you to all of you who did write! Thank you, thank you, thank YOU! The week before we had only 6 letters written and this past week 115 letters were written in support of our brother. Thank you to all of you who took your time to write. The Lord will bless you, as you have blessed him.

Yesterday Todd Nettleton visited with our wonderful friend, Janet Parshall from In the Market with Janet Parshall about his recent trip to India and the latest news from The Voice of the Martyrs.

Earlier this week I spent some time with a friend of mine who is going to China as a missionary. My friend was excited about the opportunity to break out of the rut they were in, since they have attended the same fellowship for over twenty years. As they were sharing with me their initial desire to go to China, to teach, they also shared that the organization they have partnered with is really an organization where they help people, like my friend, who want to visit China, actually train to be missionaries in China. So, my friend, thought that they were really going to help teach English, but in reality they found the Lord leading them to be a missionary and help plant a church, right there in Communist China.