Click the image to open the calligraphy PDF file.
Calligraphy is a respected art among the Uygurs. Print these Uygur phrases in calligraphy and see if you can copy them. Uygur is written from right to left instead of left to right like English.
Learn more in Bold Believers Among China’s Uygurs, available in the Downloads section.
Click the image to open the maze PDF file.
The Uygur child in this maze needs help finding the way home from the garden. Print the maze and see if you can help.
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.
Kids in many places are staying at home more, because they are on school vacation or because their family is avoiding illness. How do you spend your time when you have extra time at home?
Pastor Wurmbrand
The founder of The Voice of the Martyrs, Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, served a total of 14 years in Romanian prisons because of his Christian activities. Of course, he had fewer freedoms in prison than Christians living in free countries today. But we can learn lessons from his writings about how to use time wisely, even in less-than-perfect conditions.
A Schedule
Even in times of solitary confinement, Pastor Wurmbrand created a schedule. He had no pencil and nothing to write with, so he kept his schedule in his head. His schedule kept him busy as long as he was awake.
Exercise
In his tiny cell, Pastor Wurmbrand even exercised! He could walk two steps in one direction and three in the other direction, over and over. How many ways can you think of to exercise inside?
Games to Strengthen His Mind
Using tiny pieces of bread for chess pieces, Pastor Wurmbrand also played chess — with himself. He said he never lost a game!
Prayer
Pastor Wurmbrand also spent a lot of time in prayer. But after a while, he no longer prayed to be free. He said, “Which of God’s commandments could I keep better outside of prison than inside?” Keeping God’s commandments was the most important thing to him.
So Pastor Wurmbrand prayed for others — his family and friends, people around the world, and countries. He prayed for all the countries he could remember. How many countries can you name without looking at a map? You can find ways to pray for many countries here.
Comfort from God
God comforted Pastor Wurmbrand through all his struggles in prison. He enjoyed his time with God. When he was finally released, he prayed, “God, help me not to rejoice more because I’m free than because you were with me in prison.”
Eritrean children
Practice saying, “Jesus loves me” in one or more of the languages shown below. Sing the song “Jesus Loves Me,” substituting the words from another language wherever the phrase occurs in the song.
Note: English is an official language in Nigeria and South Sudan. Hausa and Dinka are additional languages spoken in those countries.
China. Chinese: Yeh-soo ai woh
Eritrea. Tigrinya: Yehf kee rehn nee yoo
Nigeria. Hausa: YAY-soo YEHN-ah KOW-nah-tah
Dinka. South Sudan: YAY-choo ahn YAHR-ehn
Colombia. Spanish: KREES-toh may AH-mah
