week during the state of the union the world was inspired by the story of a north korean defector, mr. je he recited the lord's prayer. he prayed for peace and he prayed for freedom. now as you know seong-ho is free and a symbol of hope to millions around the world. [applause] here with us today is another symbol of hope. a very brave, nine-year-old girl named sophia marie cappo peters. sophia suffers from a rare disease that causes her to have many strokes. at one point the doctors told sophia that she would not be able to walk. sophia replied, if you're only going to talk about what i can't do, then i don't want to hear it. just let me try to walk. [applause] she tried and she succeeded and one of her doctors even told her mom and they're right here in the front row they should be, this little girl has god on her side. [applause] thankthank you, sophia. thank you, mom. great mom. i said, do you love your mom? she said i have a great mom. i love my mom. right? just two weeks ago sophia needed to have a very high-risk surgery. she decided to ask the whole world to pray for her. and she ho