It is with a heavy heart that I post this evening. I found out around 6:45 pm that two Hope College students died in a plane crash this morning. Its just now hitting me, after really having time to sit and think. I did not know the 2 students all to well. David was a sophomore and an exchange student from Kenya. My one interaction with him was in the training room during soccer try-outs. He seemed to be a very happy individual. Emma, I didn't know very well, but her younger sister lives on my hall. When I think about how Lizzie, her sister, might be feeling I just lose it. I can't imagine my little sister dying at such a young age. Having so much potential left, having not seen the world, being only in college. I think that is what really gets me. I've finally realized that I won't see David in the training room. I'll never have the chance to meet Lizzie's sister, whom she looked so much alike. Its hard to think about them in the past tense, knowing they are both gone. The only comforting part is that they are in a better place now. As cliche as it sounds, its comforting knowing that both are in a place where everything goes well, where there is no pain or sorrow. They are in their heavenly father's arms. Please keep both their families in your prayers, as well as the Hope students who were such good friends to these two students.
<3 Sarah
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