Unexpected Goodbyes

Hello faithful readers : )

I have some sad awful news to share. 2 of our students died 2 days ago in a car accident. One of our to-be-senior girls and her boyfriend, both involved in Navs, were driving together the other night in her hometown. She must've for some reason crossed over a median on a highway, and their car hit a semi head-on and went underneath it, killing them both at the scene. The semi-driver who was around 32 was unharmed. Both her and her boyfriend were believers - thank God - but their friends and families are shocked, aching and hurting. We found out the news last night. I just saw her the other day at our summer Bible study on Tuesday nights. Its so odd to know that I have seen her each week at Bible study (even sat next to her almost every Tuesday night this summer) and now they are both gone, forever. People are in shock here as it happened so suddenly. A week ago, I was sitting with this girl at the architecture studio as she helped me print out the Nav fundraising letter I'm mailing out for our campus. You may remember I blogged about it last - that was her who helped me get into the studio and we used her architecture account to purchase the printing. Its so weird knowing I was with her, sitting, a week ago, and she gave of her time to help us print these letters, and now, she no longer is on earth. Its so eerie. I'm thankful we have a God who timed her life to the minute and her purpose in life was completed.

Please keep her friends, her sister and brother, her parents in your prayers. Also her boyfriend's family and friends. They both were involved with Navs and went on our trips, etc, so this will leave quite a huge impact and affect many students we all know closely here. It really puts into perspective what is important in life and makes me so grateful that I was given another unexpected day today when I woke up. Knowing I was still alive to do normal things like put mascara on - and she will never do that again. It is so sobering.

I love all of you and am thankful for your lives.