For the past week, our family has had the privilege to represent the country of China in five services at our Festival of Nations celebrations for Missions Week at our church.   Jeff, Ainsley & Ruby carried China flags...  I carried... Ruby!  What a reminder of the freedoms we have here to worship.  What a blessing to know that here, Ruby Mei can learn about God safely and publicly.  When Jeff and I were in China, we had to show our passports to be allowed into a Christian worship service.  Our Chinese Christian Guides were forced to wait in the bus for us.  I can't even imagine.....