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As I sat in study hall yesterday surrounded by friends who care about me I was reminded how much God loves me. About a year ago I started attending the school I now attend, I was scared to death and truly did not understand how this could be best for me. I couldn't imagine my life with any other kind of school in it, but now I can't imagine life without school in it. School is my life, but it is worth it and I love it. So as I was sitting in study hall surrounded by my friends I started thinking about how a year ago I was wondering where God was, why I was all alone in the world, why no one cared about me etc. I have grown so much in the last year, God has used a lot of hard things to draw me to himself. I am so thankful for my friends and for the contentment I feel in my life today. I was really touched by one of my really really good friends who really followed the biblical principles of a friend yesterday and let me cry yesterday, listened to me talk about Haiti for an hour, and actually cried with me. She prayed with me and for me and really reached out and touched my heart. I am so thankful for her influence on my life. God is so good to provide friends who are different enough to enjoy yet similar enough to encourage each other. My good friend and I have a Bible study that we do every week. It is so good for me to have that accountability and be able to share anything with her.