Hey guys. I don't have much to say, nor do i have much time. This past weekend was awesome- i went home, so i got to see my family and also Shannon (are you sure you don't want to become amish catholic shannon?) and Laura Gardner, it was great fun. Now i'm back at school and incredibally busy once more, so yeah, fun stuff.

Anywho, i really wanted to post today, however, because last night as i was checking my mail, i got an e-mail from a summer staffer to all of us summer staffers. She was saying how she had gotten an e-mail from a girl in one of her small groups who had been hit by the hurricane. The girl and her family are fine and in Atlanta, but their house is completely gone. So, after i read the e-mail, i came back up to my room to check if this girl was one of the 7 kids i knew from LA (i hadn't been able to remember if these kids were the ones from the new orleans area or not). It turns out she was. I got really close to this seven that week, the six girls were all in my girls small group and the boy was around a lot and just the sweetest kid in the world. It makes me so sad to think that even if they're all fine (which hopefully, being middle class, they are), that their whole lives have probably just been wiped out. Now their lives are going to completely different than they were when i met them all at camp. I e-mailed them all, but i don't know if and when i'll hear from any of them. I couldn't concentrate on anything last night after i discovered this. And it's weird cuz it's not even like i knew/know them that well, or even that i was really close to them-only for that one week, but it hits me hard to think about them and what they must be going through. Everytime i think about it (which has been pretty constant the past 12 hours), i get a sick knot in my stomach and my heart just goes out to them. So if you all could please keep especially these 7 kids and their families in your prayers, that would be wonderful. I just can't imagine. The hurricane was hitting me earlier, but it hits me even harder now, so yeah. Just please pray.

Well, i hope you all have a splendiferous week and i can't wait to talk/see you! Love you!

God bless,

Lindsay