Prayer for Jennifer (Read bedside by the Tchoi, the UCLA Chaplin, December 6th, 2009 @ 10:50am, a few minutes after Jennifer passed away) Jennifer, we your family, your loved ones care about you. We love you and we wish you well, but God has other grand and better plans for you. As we watched you suffer and in pain, we could only wish and pray that a miracle happen before our very eyes in this very room, that you be restored to the soundness of health. But we also believe that there are limits to what we can do, to what medicine can do. We believe that there is more to physical earthly life, we believe that there is an afterlife, we believe that we came from God, the Creator and we will someday return to Him. He is our final destiny. In the end, all of creation goes back to Him. If you feel like God is asking you to come home, to join Him in his place of quiet, peace and joy, we would understand if you go with Him. We know you will be in the best place one could ever be. We know you will be in the best of company. We recognize that the will of God may not be our will. Our minds are limited to understand His thoughts and His ways. We express our trust and faith in Him who knows what is best for us. We would understand if you leave us to spend your next life with Him. You don’t have to worry about us. We promise you that we will stay together, help one another, care for each other, and keep the values you have shown us. Your inspiration will keep us going in this journey of life. We hope to be the best family and friends you can be proud of. Rest your body now, free yourself of the pain and suffering you have endured, live in peace in the bosom of the Almighty God, enjoy the deep sense of quiet in the lap of the Good Shepherd. Go forth from this world in the name of God who created you. Welcome home, Jennifer! Dear God, we commend to you at this very moment our dear Jennifer, your beloved daughter, and entrust her to You. This is the right time You designed for her departure from this life and with faith and trust, we offer her to you. We know that you are with us in our joys, pains, hopes and struggles. We know you have taken her to the best place she could ever be. Reward her good deeds with life eternal in Your Presence. Reward her faith with joy and peace. Amen.