A very interesting news item went up on the VOM web site late Friday afternoon. The information, which came to VOM through our partnership with China Aid Association, told of a Chinese police raid on a church in Henan Province, China.

Suffering may prevent sin, but sin will never prevent suffering.

Earlier this week we received a report from one of our Middle East workers. He informed us that in one of the countries where he works, persecution is so concealed it is illegal to even discuss the topic. Consequently, many of those attacked for their Christian beliefs don’t even know what persecution is! This contact acts as a voice for this suffering Christian community by revealing incidents of persecution.

The following requests for prayer are taken from this weeks VOM Canada prayer requests. Have you signed up yet to receive them yourself? You can by visiting the VOM Canada website anytime.

I pray you are encouraged by today's Extreme Devotion...

This is an answer to prayer! Today 3 young men were arrested for burning all of those churches in Alabama recently. This is from Reuters...