This week's persecuted church: India

The attack on three men on June 9th, were in response to an open air Gospel meeting where a pastor was brought in to preach the message.  It seems that the 40 Hindu extremists attacked the believers in hopes of stopping these types of meetings from continuing.  While the believers were beaten, "rioters started breaking into the houses of Christians, includring these three.  The houses were looted, cattle were robbed and household things were stolen."  The men were brought to a hospital, seriously wounded, while other Christians fled to various villages, some even hiding in the jungle.

Thought of the Day:  Spiderman
Song of the Day:  Fun-We Are Young

Whimoon Middle School

The first day was absolutely draining and overwhelming, but I have finished my third day today and feel like I'm adjusting well. I love how some of the kids have to clean around the teachers' desks as punishment. I love how my kids clean my classroom. I love how there are a million of them and they all know who I am and say hi to me when I pass by them. Having a wireless microphone and touchscreen board is awesome! It's wonderful having co-teachers who are super supportive and patient with me. It's so great having breaks in between classes and being free to do anything I want during those breaks. School food is good food. I'm finally a real middle school teacher!

Thought of the Day: Bank
Song of the Day: The White Stripes-Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob Remix)

This week's persecuted church: North Korea

A former female prisoner in one such facility, Camp 18, recalled coming upon a fellow prisoner who, apparently crazed from hunger, had beaten her daughter to death and was cooking the body in a pot.

A woman who served time in the Jeungsan Re-education Facility, a smaller prison near the capital of Pyongyang, told the South Korean commission that thousands of prisoners are buried in a mountainside cemetery. The woman said she served on burial detail several times and that, because graves are so shallow, the ground "feels squishy when taking a step."

Thought of the Day:  Earmuffs
Song of the Day:  Biggie-Hypnotize