Love and Rebuilding

What an interesting three days it’s been! Yesterday after a wonderful church service and lunch-in at Bethany UMC, we started out on a tour of the French District, in New Orleans….we basically made it to stop number 3 before deciding to cut out the other 34 stops and go straight to our final destination- Café De Monde. We had a blast with powder sugar fights and icing making. In some ways I feel like my life has been a devastating hurricane with my mom dying suddenly my senior year. I’ve never felt further away from God, and to be honest- before the lunch at Bethany, I had given up on my faith. How can I trust a God who kills my innocent mother? Which is why I was especially moved when we were at the lunch in at Bethany and Pastor Hadley singled me out in front of everyone to tell me that STILL, a year later, they’re praying for me concerning the death of my mother. It was so incredibly special to know that a whole congregation, on the other side of the country thought of ME in their prayers, and I had no expectation or knowledge of it going on. For the first time in 10 months, I feel like its time to start the rebuilding process in my life and emerge from my own devastation. And whether he knows it or not, I thank Pastor Hadley for making that single comment that meant so much.
Lauren Price