Voice of the Martyrs web-site says that over 500,000 of these have been ordered!!! Even the President has one. Praise the Lord!  

As you are watching the Olympics (and do watch it because this is a history in the making - weren’t the opening ceremonies amazing!), please remember that Christians in China are being persecuted every day and that to be a Christian in China is very dangerous. Please keep these precious men and women (and children) in your prayers.

Btw, these bracelets are a great way to involve your children in praying for missionaries – but even if you don’t have the prayer bands at least turn on the Olympics now and then and take the opportunity to involve your children in history and tell them that outside the doors of the beautiful, magnificent Olympic complex there are many brave godly men and women who risk their lives daily for the sake of the gospel. And pray that the message that these saints strive daily to share – in a language that is often completely foreign (and very difficult to learn) to them - is received and that many, many, many will turn to Christ.