Activities

A book about North Korea states that the government provided food for loyal citizens. The amount of food they got depended on their job and age.

Every two weeks, soldiers got 600 grams of food and ordinary workers got 450 grams. High school students received 400 grams, children got 300 grams, and the elderly and those under age 3 got 120 grams.

People could try to get more food somewhere else. But the food they got from the government was all they could be certain of getting. Some got sick from a lack of food or from trying to eat tree bark or grass.

Look on a package of rice to see how many grams it contains. Cook an amount close to 300 grams, and eat part of it as a meal. Do you think the amount you cooked would be enough food for two weeks?

(Source: Juche: A Christian Study of North Korea’s State Religion, by Thomas J. Belke. Available from The Voice of the Martyrs at www.vombooks.com.)

Five Ways to Help the Persecuted Church in Less Than 5 Minutes

Go to www.persecution.com/actionpacks. Send the link to your friends, and offer to help them order and pack Action Packs to send to a country where Christians are persecuted.

Pray for persecuted Christians while waiting in line or riding to school or church.

Take a Kids of Courage or The Voice of the Martyrs newsletter to your next doctor or dentist visit. Ask if you can leave it in the waiting room.

Let a children’s pastor or Christian school teacher know that they can visit www.vommeetings.com to request a VOM speaker to talk to their group.

Kristen’s family in Utah put spare coins in a jar for a year, then sent the money to VOM to help persecuted Christians. They called the jar “the jar for the unknown soldier” in honor of Christians around the world who need encouragement. Decorate a jar to set in your house or classroom. Invite your family or classmates to help you collect spare change for a project to help struggling Christians.

Readers Talk to Us

Question: Some people wonder if young children should learn about persecuted Christians. How would you answer them?

Laura S., a third-grade teacher at a Christian school in Tennessee, replies:
“Jesus was persecuted, as were the apostles. This is our heritage as believers. We cannot ignore it. It is a great calling, and each child born into the household of faith has this calling.

“Should we shield our children from that reality? No. Persecuted Christians are their brothers and sisters in the kingdom of God. I want us to train our children to pray for those in need, and to care for the widows and orphans, especially those in the household of faith.”

What Do You Think?

Cuba: Learn Some Spanish Phrases

Spanish is the main language of Cuba.

English	Spanish	How to Say It
Jesus loves you.	Cristo te ama.	KREES-toh tay AH-mah
Jesus loves me.	Cristo me ama.	KREES-toh may AH-mah
God is love.	Dios es amor.	Dyohs ehs ah-MOHR.

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We believe the Bible to be the inspired, authoritative Word of God who is eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His personal return in power and glory.

We believe that for salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers of Christ.

We believe in the message of the persecuted churches, a message which has been brought to the West by the founders of the mission, Pastor Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand.

We have witnessed that the blood of the martyrs is the seed which makes the churches grow; and therefore, the mention of martyrs must be brought into the teachings and practices of the church. We believe that Christians who serve and love Christ, and are persecuted for this, should be helped. We believe the Bible teaches that we should love even our enemies. How much more so should we love our brethren who are persecuted for their faith in all parts of the world? Hebrews 13:3 states, "Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them, and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body."

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