They huddled inside the room while hearing the screams of fellow Christians being butchered outside. Pastor Hendrick Pattiwael and his wife were helping to lead the Indonesian youth camp, and they felt responsible for the young people in their care.

Let us begin this week with another great devotion from the best selling book Extreme Devotion, which makes a great Christmas gift. You may buy a few here. :)

The Voice of the Martyrs has launched Facebook applications that enable readers to get involved and pray for persecuted believers around the world.

One of the cool things about the Internet is that ministries like The Voice of the Martyrs are now involved on Facebook and Twitter. Today I happy to let you all know that The Voice of the Martyrs now has our Prisoner Alert application ready and working on Facebook. So if you are on Facebook, click this link to write prisoners through your Facebook account. And please tell your friends to join The Voice of the Martyrs cause in Facebook.

I love social networking on Twitter and Facebook. Here's one example why. Yesterday I received this urgent prayer request from our friends at International Christian Concern. Please join us in prayer.