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An on-going mission...

I won't lie to you - it's 2 a.m. on a Friday morning. Should I be sleeping? Yes, but that won't stop this from hitting the interweb before sunrise.

I have had something on my mind for some time now, a nagging thought that just won't go away. You see, I had a very dear friend in college that has somehow vanished into thin air within the last year. No one seems to know where she is, how to contact her, how she is doing. I am worried about her. I pray for her a lot. I think about her at random. She was a very good friend to me - one of my very first international friends, the first prayer I heard in Japanese was hers, and I just have a whole stash of memories with this girl that I cherish.

I want to know where she is.

Why am I not insanely worried about her whereabouts, you might wonder...well, what little I have found out is that she left and doesn't want to be found. However, I don't accept that as an answer.  One, it was hearsay, and two, this girl is warm, funny, generous, smart, brave - she just wouldn't drop all her uni friends for nothing.

I am determined to make contact with her!

I have messaged strangers on Facebook with the same name, stalked Twitter, Mixi, performed Google searches, and scanned her old university website.  All to no avail.  I  keep asking our mutual friends if they've seen or heard from her - no one  has. No one knows anything! It's totally creepy to me.  The last time I saw her was at a fundraiser dinner for my Japan trip. She helped me so much in those final weeks - and went missing only days before I left America. I have been trying to contact her for a year now.

Tonight, I think I may have found a breakthrough. Finally.

Please pray that this works, because I really miss her and would like to know that she is safe and happy wherever she is! Even if she does, indeed, want to cut all ties to those she knew before, knowing she's out there where she wants to be would be enough...but I really hope she still wants to be friends because I miss talking to her!

Thanks.

Until soon,
Amanda

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^Amanda