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We feel sad.

We feel a little defeated.

We feel a lot of time with the Lord is needed.

In the past few days, our families have heard some pretty tough news. The first was the passing of our good friend, Judy. Her son, Matt, played football with Brian at St. Olaf and Matt ended up marrying one of my good friends, Jenn. Through football, my in-laws became really close friends with Judy & her husband, Rich. We’ve known them for about 9 years and had some great times with them at Olaf and down in Iowa. We are feeling the loss of her amazing spirit. Judy lost her year-long battle to cancer on Saturday night. Matt & Jenn are expecting their first child in September – none of this can be easy. We are heading down to Iowa for the visitation and funeral.

Then last night my best friend Jess called me. Another family friend of ours had a terrible tragedy that still has missing pieces. Our friends, the Js, have a son, Nate, who is married to Sam and they have 4 young children. Yesterday they went out to Nesbit Island, an island on the other side of the lake from my parent’s house, with some youth group kids. Apparently Nate and another friend were in a canoe when the wind picked up and a wave tipped them over. Sam, Nate’s wife, got on the jet ski to where the canoe was. She found the other guy that was in the canoe with Nate and, sadly, he had already drowned. Nate is still missing. The divers were resuming where they left off this morning. I grew up on this lake and have never experienced something like this. It was choppy and windy yesterday – just a big puzzle right now.

I can’t understand everything that is happening – praying is the only thing I can think to do. Nate is still missing and that family is grieving at the possibilities. Judy’s family is content that Judy finally has peace, but will forever feel the void of their loss. Today is a day where I shake my head in disbelief, but get down on my knees in prayer…deep prayer where I don’t necessarily look for answers…I just pray. What else can I do right now?

I know some of you that read this blog pray. Please do so now. Pray for the J family and what they are experiencing, pray for the Willis family and the loss they feel. Thank you.

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