Some very sad news to share with you

This is a difficult day here.

One of our students named Sachin was killed in an awful accident last night. We had finished Day Three (with a pizza party, because they had beaten the high score record) and he had just dropped off a friend at his house, when a double-decker bus hit him on his motorbike and ran over him with its tires. His body was totally crushed, and his face was unrecognizable even though he was wearing a motorcycle helmet.

Sachin is in the middle of the picture, in an orange striped shirt, standing behind me.

The whole building is in shock and many people are taking off work this afternoon for the Hindu funeral. He was only 23 and married just six months. He had called his wife just before leaving the building to say he was coming home, and he was just 2 kilometers from his house. So close to home, and yet so far...

Life is so short.

In case you don't remember, or aren't sure, or haven't heard it directly from anyone for a while... If you are my friend, I love you, and miss you. "Wish you were here." I think you'd like it, in spite of all the craziness. (I'd even let you sleep in the nighttime, don't worry, and behind securely locked doors!)

I may not have been perfect at times in the past, but I did the best I could at the time with the knowledge I had in the place I was. I'm still trying to do the best I can today, with the knowledge and strength I have today. Every day is a learning process, and I am becoming a better person, and hopefully a better son, better brother(in-law), and better uncle... and a better friend too.

We do not know what tomorrow holds, but we do know Who holds tomorrow. Tell your husband/wife, tell your kids, tell your friends that you love them and that they are important to you.

You might not get another chance to do so.

Love from India, from my heart,

Roger