This morning I was watching Good Morning America and Diane Sawyer was broadcasting live from North Korea. I was mesmerized by her broadcast because she was given some access to the North Korean people and was able to talk to them about what they thought of America. It was very fascinating.

A few day ago I received my monthly bibles I get to send to China because I'm apart of the awesome Bibles Unbound program and for fun I decided to check out the new Bibles Unbound website to see what was new. Well, my husband and I were thrilled to see the expansion and the new places the bibles are being sent.

Every once in awhile I see prominent bloggers talking about things that we talk about all the time here on this blog. Yesterday I caught a post that Michelle Malkin wrote concerning Christian persecution in Indonesia. The story that Michelle has helped bring attention to concerns a Christian pastor who was assassinated recently.

To start our Monday off I wanted to bring this devotional to you today to offer you some encouragement. As always, this is taken from the great book Extreme Devotion. If you haven't purchased your copy yet, you can over at the VOM bookstore.

Fr. Zakaria is a Coptic priest who was kicked out of his country because of his ministry to Muslims. His satellite television program, “Truth Talk,” challenges Muslims to examine their beliefs. His style is very confrontational and, consequently, angers many Muslims. In fact, it is believed that some of the riots that happened during Ramadan in Alexandria last year began because of his broadcasts.

Happy Friday to all of you! I'm very happy that you've stopped by to read the blog today. As usual, we have our carnival this week and I'd like to thank everyone who is participating this week, since I didn't send out a reminder...you guys are totally on top of things!

Iranian house-church contacts have asked for prayer for the following:

This weeks VOM-USA prayer email newsletter had this job opening in it, in case you missed it.

This morning I was thinking about all the people that I work with at The Voice of the Martyrs, and even though I've never met any of them in person, I feel so blessed to be able to talk to them via the phone and in email.

Every Wednesday the Voice of the Martyrs Canada sends out their weekly prayer newsletter. If you haven't signed up for it yet, please do today. Just go to www.persecution.net .