As many of you already know, Edward's family suffered an unthinkable loss last week. Edward's youngest brother, Willy, died in a car accident on June 20. Willy graduated from high school a month ago and was set to leave for the Air Force Academy where he was to play on their tennis team. If you checked my previous post, there are pictures of the Shumans visiting Nate less than a week before the accident. We are so glad that we got to see Willy one last time and that he got to meet Nate, something he wanted to do before leaving for the academy.

Even though we are still hurting we can take comfort in God's promise...

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

¹³Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep [have died], or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. ¹⁴We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

What a comfort to know that our death is not the end, but the beginning of our new life with Christ.