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Oregon Teen Dies in Crash

I've known the Bryson family since I was about 18 months old. My dad built their house for them. Once I got older, their oldest daughter, Anna (my age), and I started dancing together. Then we had all the same teachers through 8th grade, when they moved. They also went to my church at home until they moved. I credit them with having a huge part in my coming to Christ.

Please, please pray for their family. They're not doing well. I talked to Anna last night and she's having such a hard time. She and Beth were really close. Also, Anna got married back in September and two weeks later her husband deployed to Baghdad for an 18-month stint. So she doesn't have her husband here right now and her sister (her best friend) just died.

The news doesn't report this yet, but speed was definitely a factor. Beth was driving over the speed limit when she lost control. The last update that we had on Hallie (the girl riding with Beth) was that she's still in serious condition. She has internal bleeding and some pretty serious head injury.

Please, please pray for this family. Pray for Anna, for her parents, and for her other little sister. Pray for our church family, too, because we're so small and so close that when anyone takes a hit, it affects us all. Even though the Brysons have been gone for several years, they're still a part of our family.