saipan

one of my dearest friends, hyun jae, grew up on this amazing island. it is a US commonwealth...frankly, i had never heard of it until i met her back in 2002...let alone know it was a commonwealth. shows what amazing education this great state has given me. ;) but, imagine growing up in paradise...an island of only 12 by 5 miles. how amazing!

since she moved back there and then back to korea for law school, we haven't been able to talk as much. she sent me a text tonight that made me feel like she was down the road...like we were deciding where to meet tonight. it felt like home.

sometimes God takes people we love out of our lives...for what reason, i'm not quite sure. but i do know that He provides us with what we need to live without them. when she left and we were hugging her goodbye from the airport, i thought that i would never see her again. i pray that's not what happens, but if it is, i trust that God has a purpose in that.

i praise Him for my friends...for those in far away places...to the one sitting on the couch beside me right now.

He is so good to me!