Valerie O., one of the college interns serving at VOM this summer, shares about her arrival at VOM and her growing understanding of the reach of VOM's work:

“I just need to release myself to learn and pray for the opportunity to know more,” I heard Raphael say clear as day through his heavy Nigerian accent. It was like a message from God piercing through my inner panic and I immediately realized I needed to just calm my nerves to listen and learn. I don’t need to know everything yet. I’m still a student and an intern.

Sergio Cariello is a world-famous comic-book artist. And he’s a missionary.

Last night my small group from church met together, as we do weekly. We spend time together, catch up on each other’s lives, study the Bible and pray.

Recently on VOMRadio a listener in Indiana asked a question about why persecuted Christians don’t fight back or at least defend themselves from their persecutors. Below is a transcript of our conversation with Cole Richards, the leader of VOM’s international work, you can also listen to the conversation (and to all episodes of VOMRadio) online (this conversation begins about the 20:30 mark of the broadcast).

I stepped into the simple office from the dark hallway. As my eyes adjusted, I saw a man sitting against the far wall, quietly. I didn’t know it yet, but I was about to meet Mohammed Hegazy, one of the most infamous converts to Christianity in Egypt.

Recently VOM received the following letter from one of our partners after VOM contributed to equip front-line evangelists with motorcycles to increase the reach of their ministry.

"Even if you take my life here in front of my wife...I will not deny Christ."

In the April 27, 2015, issue of TIME Magazine, Dr. Tom Catena was identified as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." Dr. Tom is a family practice physician who has been in the Nuba region for seven years, as the only remaining physician at the hospital he helped found.

In a Persecution Blog post last week, Ann Kay asked the question, "Can Boko Haram Be Stopped?" This week news came from Nigeria that the government had rescued almost 300 women and girls held captive by Boko Haram. Ann responds to the news: