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Feb 22, 2006 11:14

I have not updated in two monthes.

Second semester has been busy. I have 17 credit hours and work several times duting the week. It seems like when ti raisn it pours around here. I want to give you guys a run down of some of the things in my firneds lives over the last few monthes.

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One of my friend's dad died the day after thanksgiving. She knows and has drawn on amazing amounts of God's strength. Yesterday I was talking to her in her room when a can of Dr. Pepper spilled on her computer. As I tried to clean it up she called her mom. Her mom told her to take it to IT and that it was her money to use however she needed to. She got off the phone and burst into tears. She told me and the rest of my roommates how it was always dad who too care of these things. He would have put moneyt in her account so she could afford it and he would have told her it was alright. He doesnt do that anymore. Her furnace broke the other day and her mom had no clue how to fix it. A light burnt out and she couldnt replace it. the dryer died yesterday. My friend is a double major and is busy. She hurts and draws on God's strength, and yet it is hard.

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Another friend's dad died last january so this january has been tough. she happens to be the roommate of my friend 1. All this week and last week she has been working on a speaech about blood clots. Her dad died of a blood clot. her brother is going through some tough times also. One night last week I found her curled up crying on her couch. I asked her what happened and she said nothing. I just held her for a while. She needed it. She has had health concerns this semester and last and went to the doctor yesterday because she had symptoms in her leg similar to a blood clot. She wrecked her car a few weeks ago and it is costing thousands of dollars to fix. when it rains it pours.

3. Nursing majors around here have crazy schedules. One of my friends is a nursing major with the intent to be a surgeon so she is a double minor also in chem and bio. She is also in a musical group here and the orchestra. She misses her family in another state. Her scedule is insane and often causes her to get 2-3 hours of sleep. She always gets up at 5 or 6 so that she has time to, as we say, "read jesus in the morning." Often i stay up just so she can read the anatomy and physiology to me and therefore understand it better. I rub her back because she stores so much stress in it that it gets back pains sometimes. She gets overwhelmed and knows that God will provide, but she is so tired.

4.
my last friend I cried for today. Her grandfather died a little over two weeks ago. It was devestating to her. Her uncle died yesterday. I hurt for her. Her family is hurting and she has to stay here at school til probably the day of his viewing. She hurts for her sisters who are at home who need her. She is struggling with school because she has missed some of it. when it rains it pours.

those are m 4 best friends here at school. basically i live with them. one verse keep me going when I am really tired and feel like taking a blow torch to my brain. "I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dweel in safety." I know that as tired as I get or as unsure or scared, that I will get enough sleep and that I will be safe.

I hurt for my friends cuz I love them. I am not good at loving them but I do my best. They are all hurting in their own ways and Jesus will hold them. I pray often that jesus would hold them, as I do for many of you. Often when I was yonger I just needed to be held and so Jesus held me. It has been a difficult few weeks her at ONU for some of us. He will continue to provide strength even when we know we have none left.
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