Banding Together for the Olympics

"As the more than 7,000 athletes march through the Olympics opening ceremonies today preparing to vie for the top spot in their perspective competitions, a group based out of Midland is hoping thousands of others will be praying for another battle in China." Read the rest of the report by the MRT's Kathleeen Thurber. More about this group - by KWES-TV's Camaron Abundes - can also be found here and here.

The China Aid Association is a non-profit Christian organization - based in Midland, Texas - with a mission to uncover and reveal the truth about religious persecution in China, focusing especially on the unofficial church. They do this, they explain in their website, by exposing the abuses, encouraging the abused and equipping the saints to advance the kingdom of God throughout China.

One of the ways they are spreading the word about their mission is through wrist bands being distributed in conjunction with the 2008 Summer Olympics, now under way in Beijing, China.

"CAA is asking each of its friends to order a prayer band for China. Wear it during the Olympics and pray for your persecuted family. An equal number of prayer bands will also be distributed in China to house church Christians, and we have asked them to pray for us in America. The eyes of the world will soon be on the Olympics. But the eyes of God remain on His children and especially those who suffer for His cause."

To find out more about the wrist bands, and to get some for yourself and others, click here.

And look for more from China Aid Association here, in the pages of West Texas Missioner, in the months ahead.