I wanted to give you all another update on our friend Glenn Penner who is still in the hospital dealing with pain and cancer. On New Years Eve, Denita, Glenn's wife, wrote the following on Glenn's blog.

Today I wanted to begin the New Year by offering you another reading from Extreme Devotion, and this one especially is impacting because once again, it shines the light on one of the toughest decisions a person can make. I'm so thankful for this precious saint and would love to hear your thoughts on this man's sacrifice and the scripture he held on to.

An American missionary team was traveling through Sudan delivering food, blankets, and Bibles and showing the JESUS video. Everything was on schedule until their truck got stuck in a river and they lost a day’s work.

This is the type of story that I love to read, because it shows the power of the love of Christ, when Christians walk out their faith in love. Compass Direct shares the following...

Sources say he was arrested and tortured only because he was a key witness of the mob assault that left at least seven Christians burned to death.

In case you haven't yet heard about this tragedy that took place on Christmas Eve, let me just sum it up for you.

This article sheds some light on Christians who are being persecuted in Gaza. Click here to read the full article.

VOM and Mission Network News have been reporting on this tragedy over Christmas.

Here's an interesting article that appeared in the Seattlepi.com about three Indonesian Christian's who are seeking asylum here in the United States so that they do not have to return to Indonesia where there is severe persecution. Here's part of the article: