We are friends with a 5th grade girl. She comes to our weekly kids club at church, and we provide her transportation. It's interesting to hear her comments on school, home-life, sisters, boys, the kids club, etc. Julie can really make us smile, and many times we laugh out loud. She and her family are Hmong (a people group originally from southeast Asia). I've known Julie's older sister, Daly, since 2002, when she was attending our kids club and other youth events. In December Julie handed us a gift bag and said, "Here's a present for you. Don't open it until Christmas." It sat in our living room for 2 weeks, unopened and a mystery. Imagine my surprise on Christmas when I pulled out a beautiful applique' wallhanging. It is amazing. I've since found out it's called a "Paj ntaub", or flower cloth. It's about 17 inches square. Julie's mom did most of the intricate handwork, but Julie and her sisters helped with it.