Family steals sewing supplies. Pastor freed. Pastor suffers with prison conditions.

Aug. 12, 2021 | Sierra Leone Christian Woman's Sewing Supplies Stolen by Family [11] prayers in [3] nations have been posted for Fatima Koroma. Fatima Koroma graduated from a VOM-supported sewing center in Kabala last year and moved to another village where she set up a sewing shop. All was going well until a year later when her older sister found her in the new village with a new job and going to church.

• Aug. 12, 2021 | Nigeria Pastor Released After Seven Months in Captivity [8] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for Polycarp Zongo. On Oct. 19, 2020, Reverend Polycarp Zongo was kidnapped by members of the terrorist group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) while traveling from his home in Jos to Gombe for a conference. Within weeks of his abduction, his kidnappers released a video of him, demanding a high ransom for his release.
  

• Aug. 12, 2021 | China Early Rain Church's Pastor Wang Yi Suffers Poor Prison Conditions [9] prayers in [2] nations have been posted for Wang Yi. Although prison officials have officially stated that Wang Yi, pastor of Early Rain Church, is doing well in prison, a source familiar with his condition has said the opposite is true. The source shared that prison authorities are holding the pastor in a highly restricted cell. He is not allowed to have visitors or even speak with other inmates, except for two criminal offenders who are charged with watching him.