The Service

So Last ngiht was the memorial service for Daniel and Richard Dunn. It was held at the First Church of the Nazerine and i would guess around 1800 people showed up for it, so it was a good turnout. As well as the service, i thought it was great. It was really sad and made me cry a lot. For those of you who didnt make it, it started off with a few worship songs, an then proceeded to Maddie, Daniels little sister talking about her father and brother. I was really impressed with her composure and how well she handled it, as she talked about how they were her heros. Many speakers follwed remebering Daniel and Richard, but most of them were about Mr. Dunn, which i didnt like because it seemes Mr. Dunn got talked a bout more than Daniel. They were both great people though, and i thought the service was great. After many testimonies, they showed a video and a slideshow with Mr. Dunn and Daniel which jerked tears out of most everyone there, but it was already too late for me. After a few more testimoies, a chior sung, there was an invitation for all the teens to come up front and get an armband which says RWWY and IWRY, which stands for remeber who's with you, and i will remeber you. Every teen flooded down to the front to get one and by this time i was balling along ith everyone else as they played Sarah McLachan's I Will Remeber you. All the teenagers then stayed in the room as the preacher invited everyone to give their hearts to Jesus, which is good, however i thought was akward because it was a time to remeber the Dunns, and not to try to get people to become dedicated cristians, but that is probably what Mr. Dunn would probably want to happen because he was always looking for ways to have a Christian impact on people. After hugging a minimum of three people, we all exited the sancutary. Inside each bulliten was a blank sheet of paper in order to write memories of Richard and Daniel, that i took full advantage of. In the main lobby there was a table with numerous pictures of Mr. Dunn and Daniel along with baskets to place your sheets. There were many pictures of Daniel playing baseball, and just the sight of this made me break into tears. I was embarrased at first, but it was a memorial service so almost everyone else was crying too. I finally worked my way out of the building, and went out into the poring rain to the car with Jason and my mom and drove home, which was harder then normal because my eyes were watery. But i got home, and I've been thinking about it ever since. I'm hoping for the best for the Dunns, and im sure everything will end up okay, but again, we will all miss you and just like the sign says in your front yard, i know your "with jesus."

Sorry for not posting this earlier, i accidently saved as draft instead of posting, but here it is.