Grace Jin Drexel

But now we also know that he hasn't been with his family for the last seven years, and he wants nothing more than to just come to the U.S.

and retire.

And his church has many leaders under him that is willing to also take up the mantle, either with this church or start their own church, etc.

So that is our hope and prayer for the situation right now.

We're just so grateful.

I mean, it was a miracle to know that the president of the United States knew of my father and such an amazing story about America that the most powerful man in the world would know about my father's case and would be advocating for my father, a pastor in China, and bring it up to the second most powerful man in the world at such a consequential summit.

And so for that, I just feel like

What an honor to be an American.

What an honor to witness this as history.

We've been told, just like many in the media, that the president raised the case and that Chairman Xi Jinping is seriously considering the release of my father.

We are all

waiting to see what would happen within China and see like another miracle.

We've been praying for the softening of heart from Chairman Xi Jinping.

We know that he also has a daughter around my age, and we're hoping that he will hear the plight of the daughters and release my father to come to America.

Since my father's detention in October, it's just very much felt like been thrown into this.

I haven't really thought much about what I'm doing per se, except that I need to get my father released.

But like, as I am in this, just watching so many people come, like the whole church community, like my church community, my neighborhood, and just people that I've never like even known or met come and help.

and lend a hand, it truly seems like God doesn't let you go through these things alone.

And we're just so grateful for the universal church, for the global church community as well.

And at the same time, still knowing that