No letters, no phone calls, no in-person visits.
The past two and a half months have been difficult for the Jin family, ever since Chinese authorities jailed Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, after raiding one of China’s largest underground churches, which he leads.
On Christmas Eve, Grace Jin Drexel’s eyes reddened as she read a public letter to her detained father, hoping the message could somehow get to him and bring him comfort from the United States.
The pastor, who founded Zion Church in Beijing in 2007, wound up in a cell with more than 30 people, sleeping on mats spread on the floor, Jin Drexel said….