A blender filled with emotions!

Man, this has been a crazy week. Tuesday my dad called me at school and told me that my memere (grandma in french) was rushed to the hospital and the doctors were deciding if they should do surgery because she was really sick from the chemo treatment that she had done the month before. my dad told me he'd keep me posted but she was probably going to be fine. Wednesday morning he called me at 9 and asked me if i could try and postpone my exams and get to ottawa as soon as i could be because she now wasnt going to make it through the day because she had a blood clot. in an hour half i talked to my dad, talked to my registra had at school about exams, booked a flight to toronto, found a ride to regina and packed my bags and was on the road to the airport by 10:30am. my memere passed away at that time but i didnt know till i got to her apartment around 8 that night. the peace i had over that entire day was amazing and i know it only came from God. typically i know i would have been stressed to the max but by GOds grace he kept me calm even when i got to Toronto and foundout that i didnt have a flght to ottawa and then had to try and purchase one there.
Its been such a mix of emotions for many reasons. i got to see my family sooner than i anticipated which has been such a blessing to be with them during this time. however it has also been hard to be with all the relatives and not have my memere there. this happened so quickly that we are all still in so much shock. there were tiems throughout this week that i have just broken down because it has hit me in the most random places (such as changing rooms in walmart and salvation army (looking for funeral clothes cause i forgot to pakc some), while making pancakes because it remnded me of the out of this world brunches she would make us when I was a kid). as linds and i were talking we realized that we have a lot of peace because we know where my memere is. we know that her hope and trust was in christ and we know that she is with her savior. its been hard this week however because the rest of my dads side of the family do not have that same hope, trust and faith. my dad got to share at the funeral on behalf of the plouffe family and he was able to share the gospel with everyone there because that is where my memere found her hope. please pray for my pepere (grampa)as he is already a very bitter man at God and needs God to reveal himself to him in a supernatural way. already i can see God working in his life as he asked me yesterday to continue to pray for him. this is a miracle in itself that he would ask me to pray to God when he says he doesnt believe there is a god and if there is a god out there he isnt't a loveing GOd. I know all things work together for good to those whose trust is in Christ. i believe GOd will use my memeres passing to draw my relatives to himself. please pray for them and pray for my family as we strive to be faithful in praying for them.
Also if you guys could pray for me as I still have to write my 3 exams this week and I am drained from all these emotions this week. its great to be home but i need to study hard the next few days so i am ready to write my exams.
thanks a lot guys for your prayers. for those of you in ontario drop me a line and let me know when your around so maybe we can catch up. for those of you at school, im sorry i didnt get a chance to say goodbye before i left but as you can see this all happened very quickly. ill see you guys in january. id love to hear from you though.
have a great CHristmas everyone!
love ya lots
Leanne