The VOM National Mission Conference isn't just for adults. Also taking place is an exciting time for children ages 5-12: Kids of Courage. The kid's conference includes special times for the speakers to meet with the children, and for the children to ask questions and get to know about the persecuted church and what it means to follow Christ.

A brother from Iran is sharing about the nation of Iran and the way that God is working there. Seventy percent of Iranians are age 30 and younger, and there is a great hunger for the gospel. The church there has grown greatly, in spite of intense persecution.

Michael Wurmbrand, the son of VOM founders Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, continues the legacy of his parents by working with VOM to support Christians in former Communist countries of Europe. It was wonderful to hear him and be reminded of the legacy of the Wurmbrands that VOM carries forward. Next year it will be 40 years since the US office of VOM was opened by the Wurmbrands.

One of VOM's partners just shared about Bibles Unbound, the opportunity for American Christians to send Bibles directly into restricted nations.

We're already off to a great start this morning with a wonderful time of worship led by Bill Drake and a warm welcome from Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. (Speaking of OWU, if you haven't been here, you should see the campus. It is beautiful!)

"We're not fighting against Communists. We're not fighting against Muslims. We're not even fighting against drug traffickers. We're fighting against 'the God of this world.' The Scriptures call him the serpent or the devil."

One of VOM's contacts from Colombia is sharing about the history of the country and the church there, and how God called him specifically to reach out to the Marxist guerillas there, and then delivered him into a FARC camp by allowing him to be kidnapped by guerillas.

"Sarah" is a Christian from China who has spent a total of six years in prison because of her work as a traveling evangelist. She said that suffering was just a part of her life, not even uncommon. She has been beaten and kicked, handcuffed, and shocked with electric batons. Chinese police grabbed her hair and used it to strike her head against the wall. One even put the shock baton into her mouth, which was then filled with blisters.

Bob Fu of the China Aid Association is sharing about the situation for Christians in China. Right now he is showing for the first time in public a video smuggled out of China that shows a Public Security Bureau officer interrogating Christians last March 23. Eighty house-church pastors were arrested and interrogated, but they managed to film a part of the group interrogation! The PSB leader told these church leaders that he had read the Bible more than they had!