David's Story, written by Heidi Meyer

A little explanation of the story to come:

On February 29, I received an e-mail from Heidi Meyer, the sister-in-law of one of Susan's dearest friends, Rachel Hall. Rather than explain, I'll simply copy and paste a portion of what she wrote:

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Hi Lori and Rachel,

I am Heidi Meyer, Basil Hall's sister (which Rachel already knows!), I live in Kansas and have been praying for David.

. . . I am writing for an unusual reason. I got tired of the regular news sites like CNN some time ago and so I found a site called: "Good News Daily" - http://www.goodnewsdaily.com/. They are a great site and it has seemed to hint that the founders are Christians. They give great press to Christian things.

They are having a Good News Daily.Com “Creative Writing Contest”: "Win 7 nights on the Big Island of Hawaii Free All Expense Paid Vacation for two!" Good News Daily.Com is looking for the very best positive news story of the year! The winner and a guest will receive a 7 day all expense paid vacation to the Big Island of Hawaii and dinner with the Founders. They will also receive a trophy called the “Gerstenberger Prize.”

. . . I think it would be such an awesome thing if we could win this for them. I welcome any input. Thank you so much for your help.

In Him,
Heidi Meyer
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We think it would be awesome if everyone reading this could pray for John and Susan and David to win the trip to Hawaii (assuming they're OK with the story being submitted).

If you're a good proofreader, please let us know if you notice anything that needs help. I'm going to post the story separately so anyone wanting to read it doesn't have to wade through the explanation. I just figured you might want to know who wrote it, as well as the motivation behind it.

This is such a beautiful picture--and single example representing countless others--of the love of Jesus reaching across hundreds of miles to touch our dear friends, the Langagers.