The past week or so has been full of a lot of emotion for me. I will start with the most difficult.

2 international students here at the Seminary were killed in a car accident on Friday. One was a friend of mine who worked with me in Financial Aid last year as our student worker. He was the sweetest man with the biggest, brightest smile who made the best Indian food I have ever had. Laura (the other consultant) and I used to have a lot of fun talking to him about food, Indian culture, etc. I remember when he came in and told us that he was getting married - he was so exited. It was the sweetest thing ever.

He would have been married for 1 year next month. I don't know very many people that have died unexpectedly - and very few people that were young that I know fairly well. So this death has brought up a lot of thoughts about life and death. And I just ache for his wife - being away from family (although she is American, so her family is not so far away), being married for less than a year, and losing her husband. They were one of the cutest couples I have ever seen - very much in love and always so sweet to each other. He was coming home from an outing with his friends and was on his way to visit her at work when the accident happened. I just keep thinking about what it must be like to one day wake up with a husband and go to bed without one.

I hope she (and the husband of the other man who was killed) can find some peace in knowing that her husband loved her and, first and foremost, loved God. Charles's last facebook update before he died was "Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triump..."

In happier news, Charles graduates (well, walks) on Saturday! So much happiness! And my parents will be here to celebrate the momentus occasion! There will be joy and laughter and good food had by all! Our time together will include a baseball game in Cinci, graduation events, perhaps Kings Island or possibly the Louisville Zoo and Slugger Museum or even hiking! I am really looking forward to it all!

But on top of all the excitement of graduation comes the nerves and stress of figuring out what's next. Funding for Durham fell through so we know we will be in the states for another year. We would like to stay in KY but it will all depend on whether or not Charles can get a job here. I have ideas of what seems more than perfect and I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. I know God has a plan for us and I'm trying not to tell Him what that plan is :) but rather, just trust Him to take care of us and provide for our needs. I know I've posted 100 times about how hard that is for me. And he has never, ever failed us. But prayers for our future would be most appreciated.

And so, it is will joy and sadness that I enter this last week of the semester. It's a weird feeling - living in limbo, so to speak. But I suppose living in uncertainly promotes living in faith.