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Boston

05 Sunday Jul 2015

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Last week’s adventure was a surprise trip to Boston! I really felt like I was supposed to go to the final day of the trial. The official sentencing. So I asked if it would be possible  for me to go and Monday evening they called back with a plane ticket and a hotel! Tuesday morning I was on a plane to Boston.

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I got to spend all of tuesday wandering around. Visiting all my favorite places and seeing some of my favorite people. I spent the afternoon with Nicole and had dinner with Dara. It was a lovely day that ended with a spectacular sunset. (we had tornado warnings, so that probably had something to do with the craziness of the sky, but still amazing)

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Wednesday I spent most of the day in court. Listening to survivor’s statements, the lawyers final words, Tsarnaev even gave a statement, and then the judge’s sentencing. Maybe someday I’ll write about all of that, but this is only about the fun adventure, not the hard, emotional part of it.

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After 6 hours in court, a group of survivors gathered at a restaurant to catch up and wind down from the day’s events. I saw more friends and then spent some more time wandering the city before I had to catch my train in the evening.

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Every time I go to Boston I am reminded how much I love it. Its peaceful beauty, nestled on the harbor, history leaking out of its bricks. It truly is an amazing city. And I am so thankful I got to have a little adventure there last week!

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

09 Thursday Apr 2015

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I’ve been getting calls from the media, and questions from people throughout the day. Even the woman at my rental office asked me if I had heard about the sentencing. I couldn’t decide if I should comment about it or not. Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 charges against him. The trial will now move on to decide if he will get life in prison or the death penalty. I hate speaking with the media because they skew everything you say and use it for their own purposes. So I have been formulating my thoughts and present them here as my official opinion on the trial.

Yes, he hurt me and many of my loved ones. Yes, our lives are changed forever and some of us will live in pain the rest of our lives. What he did was wrong and as a consequence he was found guilty of all 30 charges. As for the death penalty, I believe the Bible is true and has many things to say about this situation. I am basing my position on the following verses:

Romans 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

Titus 3:1 be submissive to rulers and authorities

Romans 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

As survivor of these crimes committed by Tsarnaev, I choose to pray for the jury and judges. For the governing authorities. Who have been put in that place of authority by God, the ultimate Judge. I pray that they make the right and just decision. I choose not to seek revenge. I choose to leave him to the wrath, or mercy, of God.