I am writing not because I know what to say, but because I don't know what else to do at this moment. My brain is not at full power today.

Last night there was a terrible accident on I69 just north of the Marion exit. A semi crossed the median and struck a van full of students from Taylor Unniversity. 5 are dead and 5 are injured.

The news report last night said that the van was "peeled open throwing students out". The pictures were horrific to see. The van was so heavily damaged.

One of the dead is Betsy Smith. Betsy was a senior at Taylor this year. She was a volunteer for one of my Real Life groups at YFC.

There are no words for the sorrow I feel for her family and friends. I have cried and prayed for hours now and I still can't find words to share with the director of that club.

We will begin the process of passing on the news to the rest of the volunteer staff from that club and we will have to figure out how to tell the students whom Betsy loved and worked with for the past few years.

I just ask that if you read this you will say a prayer for those that will be touched by this loss. The ripples of the lives that these young people have touch are far reaching. This is not a pain felt by just a few, but an entire campus and community.

I know in my heart that "life is hard, but God is good" but there is much hurt between those two things this morning.