A tragedy close to home

As all of you know on Monday April 16 a student at Virginia Tech mass murdered 32 people at his University. Words can not even express just how shocked and saddened I was when I heard the news. It is one of those instances where you will never forget where you were when you heard about the shootings. I will always remember that I was in between teaching classes at a Virginia middle school when I heard the news. Like so many others I immediately paused to think if I knew anyone who would have been there. Even though everyone I know from there is safe, it is impossible to not be effected by this tragedy. I have never understood how anyone could take away the life of another person. Yet here is a human being who viciously murdered 32 innocent people and then took his own life. A University is supposed to be a safe environment for study and living yet here this week we see once again that there are few truly “safe” places left in the world.

One can never know when tragedy will strike. All I can think about now are the poor parents of those kids who were killed. How will they pick up the pieces? They will be forever scared by this senseless act of rage. My prayers go out to them tonight. All sorts of other thoughts run through my brain at times like this. What would I have done if I were in one of those dorm halls or class rooms? Am I ready to meet God like those 33 souls did on Monday? Am I making the most of the time that God has given me?
I guess I am typing all of this to get some of my thoughts out and to ask everyone to pray for the wounded survivors as well as all of the families and students affected by this event. Another important family to remember is the family of the student who murdered everyone. Not only are they grieving the loss of their child but they must also be going through a tremendous amount of guilt and shame right now. Let’s remember to pray for God to grant all affected by this tragedy peace and comfort in the coming days.

Back to Spring

Ok so we are now back to Spring with temperatures in the 60's today which is at least better than snow. I am so ticked though because I come back from Holland and it's all warm and sunny and I see that Holland is all cold and dreary and now the tables have turned and it's in teh 70's in Rotterdam and still in the 50's-60's here. Oh well as long as it's not cold or rainy! Well not too much to blog about lately. I have had a bad cough for the past week and a half now and it's really getting annoying! I am tired of feeling like I am about to cough up a lung! Work continues though as does trying to find a good job in Lynchburg. I sent my resume into a really cool children's museum yesterday to be a part of their staff as they are looking for gallery staff. So we will see. I have to find something that will allow me to take classes as few days a week so say a prayer. Well I better get back to work. I have to do a presentation on STD's later this afternoon for my supervisors so they can see that I know what I am talking about in the schools, fun fun fun!

An update at last!

Ok so it has been a while since I have updated my blog so I have decided to step out of the silence and write something. It’s hard to believe that I have already been home for two weeks! The week I got back I got right to work with the organization I used to work for before I left teaching abstinence education in the schools. This is only for a few months so that I can get on my feet financially then I will be moving to Lynchburg this summer and will start Seminary at Liberty Theological Seminary in the fall. So as you can see I am pretty much right back into the swing of things. Other than that there is really not that much to type. I have just been working and catching up with friends. The weather here has been so beautiful the past few weeks with warm temperatures and lots of sun shine and then yesterday winter came back and brought with her snow! So enjoy the picture of our house with snow and I will attempt at keeping this blog up and interesting.