Joy in pain.
**Potential trigger warnings: Grief, loss, suffering, murder. I thought my next blog post would be one about all that I have learned during my time at MidAmerica Nazarene University, how grateful I was, how good the Lord is for always providing, etc., however, about a week after I completed college, a completely unforeseen and tragic event happened that completely rocked my world. Someone that I loved dearly and cared deeply about was murdered. She was an innocent bystander that suffered from someone else's sick mind. Rather than celebrating her 19th birthday, she would be buried that day. Mikayla was a beautiful person that I had the opportunity to build a relationship with whenever I was a barista and high school student in Fort Scott, KS. Our relationship began with me tutoring her, and then she began asking questions and seeking growth so our relationship turned to a mentoring type of relationship, and then just turned into a friendship whenever she would come into the co