I wanted to take a minute to write a little bit about what is going on in my life other then just Brazil. I am not sure who I keep up with, and who I don't. So I just figured it would be easier to let you all know on here... more about what all is going on in my life.
First, I know that the last nine months have been difficult for everyone. There has been two tragic death in the last nine months. The first was my very good friend Micah Keeney. Micah was a person that bull-dozed his way through life- laughing the whole way. He was always smiling, and trying to make sure that everyone around him was happy as well. This was a craft that he had to perfect after high school. During high school he felt more like making me cry... Often... But that is a different story that now never has to be told again. He was taken from us on January 4th.
The next death was an unexpexted death of an amazingly beautiful woman Mary Beth. Mary Beth was gorgious inside and out. She loved the Lord, but felt that the lot she had been given was too much for her to bear. She decided to take her own life, and return to her maker in late July.

Well, I am sad to report that I have lost another amazing friend. His name was Michael Todd Fuqua. Michael was my very first assistant. Michael had a zeal for life that could NEVER be matched. We worked together, played together, and cried together. He tought me so much about how to really love myself. He loved me so much, and he always showed it. Micheal managed to make me feel like the most loved friend in the world this past June. He threw a birthday party for me before my first trip to Brazil. He knew that I was going to be in Brazil for my birthday, and wanted to make sure that I got to spend time with him before I left. He also pooled money for all of my friends to get me an iPod Touch for my birthday, along with a Journal that I will always cherish. Michael was so worried about me going to Brazil, that the last thing that he said to me that night was "Don't let this be the last time I see you alive!" Well, that was the last time I saw him alive.
If you are woundering how I am doing...? I am doing good. I have the Lord to let me know that Michael's death, Mary Beth's death and Micah's death are not personal attachs on my life. They are all apart of God's plan... The Bigger Picture. The one thing that it does make me thing of though... IS all of you! I love you! I want to know that you Know where you are going when you die! Death is something that we can never predict. I am going to heavan... Are you?
That made me cry, alisha. Very touching. I love you more than you will ever know and I am so proud of you.
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