I have to tell you that I just got done finishing listening to last Friday's Persecution Podcast and I really want to encourage you to take the time to listen to it. After you hear this past weeks prayer requests, which you can still pray for, you're going to be challenged as the VOM speaker discusses an influential person in his life named John and tells a story about Don, and 80 year old trumpet player.

On Tuesday, Nov. 20, a Pakistani court dismissed blasphemy charges against 14-year-old Rimsha Masih. The girl was arrested in August after a neighbor accused her of burning pages from the Quran, but the court dismissed the charges citing a lack of evidence.

It was after midnight, and the prisoner was tired. He was in the midst of twenty-eight days in solitary confinement in the Iranian prison, praying that God would help him endure. When the knock came on his cell door, he was tired and irritated.