Earlier this week we wrote about some of the wonderful things happening in our Kids of Courage ministry... one of my personal favorite ministries of VOM, and today I was informed about a blog post that I just have to share with you because it's someone who is teaching their child about the persecuted church. This is very cool.

Our latest Be-A-Voice-Prayer bulletin focuses on the recent attacks in Nigeria.

The following is from our friends at China Aid... (Washington, D.C.—July 24, 2012) A member of Congress was to congratulate ChinaAid on Tuesday in formal remarks from the congressional floor marking the group’s 10-year anniversary. In prepared remarks made available to ChinaAid, Rep. John Carter (R-Tex.) described ChinaAid as being “at the forefront of the struggle for freedom and rights in China” and said it has been “doing important work.” “ChinaAid is not only an effective voice for the voiceless, but is also working to make sure China’s human rights defenders are able to speak up against injustice,” the former judge said. After giving a brief history of ChinaAid and its founder, Pastor Bob Fu, Carter said, “The work of his organization is vital, it is effective, it is bipartisan, and it is necessary. Everyone here in Congress will agree, a future China that respects the freedom of speech, the freedom to worship, and the rule of law will be a critical strategic partner with the United States.”

Syria (MNN) ? This past week marked the bloodiest set of conflicts since the start of the Syrian civil war with a death toll of around 1,200.

Have you ever considered what it must be like to be a surgeon? I'm asking because the overwhelming majority of people in life, are not surgeons. Most of us will never go to medical school and most of us will never learn to cut into a dead corpse and take out a heart in order to do a heart transplant on someone. Truth be told, you would not catch me near a corpse or blood or anything remotely that gory! I don't have the stomach to even look at medical shows on television where they do these types of things.

Syria (MNN/OD) ? With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad possibly losing his grip on power, and rebels making major inroads, a possible end to the bloody civil war may be in sight. The United Nations estimates more than 10,000 have been killed in the violence since the crisis began in March 2011. Another report puts the total at more than 17,000, including 1,261 last week.

One of the most active websites of The Voice of the Martyrs is our Kids of Courage page. Recently I was encouraging my radio audience to check out the Kids of Courage page even if they don't have children because the resources there are awesome.

Nigeria (MNN) ? Six more people were killed late last week at the hands of Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram.