As I listened to our guests sing this evening I pondered on how people from certain less open countries seem so full of fight, hope, and love. Fight for the spread of God's message, hope in God and His work, and love for God and people. My thoughts really went something like this, "they seem so determined and hopeful in their desire to tell their people about God. Their singing in their mother tongue feels so much different than North American Christians who sing out of a place of physical safety. They understand the trials they will face and they are prepared to face them. Wow. We can learn from them." That's about how it was. I admire that they have hope and determination instead of despair when their work is so hard and so dangerous. They are an example to us.