Sad News

Wednesday, March 16

I spoke to Jennifer today… Chris’s sister has passed away today.   She was 40 years old.  There will be an autopsy to determine exact cause of her death, but it is believed that it was her heart.   De’an is now in the loving arms of our Lord.  She leaves behind her husband and 2 children, as well as her parents and siblings.

This is the first time since we left that I feel so completely helpless.  They are hurting and I cannot be there to help tend to the kids or be of some comfort to them.  My heart breaks for them and my prayers are flowing to not only Chris and Jennifer, but for the entire Kemp family as they deal with their grief.

Thursday, March 17

It is already a difficult time for the family, and they received word of another death in the family.  Marcy and Jennifer’s cousin, Sarah has also passed away.  She has been a special needs person her whole life and now she has gone to be with our Lord where she will run and be free of her earthly restrictions.  Again my prayers go out to my children as they grieve, but to the rest of the Smith family as they too deal with the sorrow.

There are many things that could happen that makes being around the world a little inconvenient, but the hardest are the times that your children are hurting and need you the most and you cannot be there for them.  This is certainly one of those times.