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Hieroglyphic Code Print E-mail
Hieroglyphics is a kind of picture writing used by ancient Egyptians. Each hieroglyphic symbol below stands for the letter beside it. (The code is not based on an actual hieroglyphic alphabet.) To decode the sentence, write down the letters represented by the symbols. Check your answer in Isaiah 37:16 (NIV).
 
Letter from a Teacher Print E-mail
Hi,
I am a high school teacher and I have kept a recent copy of the VOM newsletter on my desk. Usually the talk about these Christians has led to talk about Christ and salvation. Never has anyone in the public school complained or told me to stop.

I have seen the realization that people are suffering and dying for the sake of Christ take hold of many so-so Christian teens and turn them into fireballs for the Lord. The boldness of the believers in the persecuted church lights a fire under them. I have seen many Bibles brought to school and read between classes and at lunch. Some students have started Bible classes in the library before and after school.

I wish these precious believers in the persecuted church could know the far-reaching effect of their testimonies. I am always amazed at the surprise people have when learning about our brothers and sisters in other countries. I am also amazed at how God can use that knowledge to turn the focus around to what is really important. Thank you, VOM.

Marsha C.

What can YOU do to start a conversation about Jesus?
 
Transportation in Pakistan Print E-mail
Some buses and trucks in Pakistan are painted in bright colors. They are covered from top to bottom with flowers, designs, lights, tinsel, and beads. Artists in the market make a living decorating the vehicles. The owners of buses believe more people will want to ride their bus if it is pretty. Some people even ride on the roofs of buses in big luggage racks.

You can make a colorful bus or truck out of a tissue box or shoe box.
  1. Remove the cover of the box and turn it upside down.
  2. Cut off the end of the box that will be the front of the bus. Save the piece that you cut off.
  3. Cut back about one-third the length of the top of the box along both edges of the top. Fold the flap that you cut into the shape of a windshield and hood.
  4. Cut away the sides until they are the same height and width as the hood.
  5. Secure the hood to the sides with tape. Use a piece of the front that you cut off to make the part where the headlights go. Tape it to the bus.
  6. Cover the bus with colorful paper, or decorate it with paint, crayons, or markers.
  7. Glue or tape white paper to the bus to make a windshield, windows, and doors.
  8. Cut out cardboard wheels, and glue or tape them on.
  9. Glue on bells, beads, or other decorations.
      
 
Uygur Tightrope Walking Print E-mail
Acrobatics is a traditional type of performance art among Uygurs. Some Uygurs have broken world records in tightrope walking. Once, a 3-year-old Uygur performer walked backwards across a tightrope that was stretched about 100 feet off the ground. And he was blindfolded!

Uygur Christians must feel like they are walking on an invisible tightrope sometimes. Below them, waiting for them to fall, are China’s communist leaders who want to control all the religions in the country. There are also Muslim neighbors and relatives who do not want them to be Christian. Just like tightrope walkers, Uygur Christians can get in trouble if they take one wrong step.

To Try: Stretch a rope or string along the ground. See if you can walk along the rope backwards. Try it blindfolded.
 
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