Dearly Departed

Im not sure how to begin this post. But being on service tests you in more ways than one. And you realize things that happen back home are really out of your control. You want to be with the ones you love when they need you most, yet you feel helpless because you're off serving some other cause. And its hard to wrap your head around the fact that your loved ones are being tested too.
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About an hour ago I heard some really upsetting news about a family friend. And right now all I want to do is be at home with my brother. And its killing me that I cant. I dont know if Im overcome by emotion because I cant be with him, or because of the loss that this family is experiencing. It really sucks, and all I can do is say prayers and keep myself together, and show him that Im here for him if he wants to talk.
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O Lord!  Make this youth radiant, and confer Thy bounty upon this poor creature.  Bestow upon him knowledge, grant him added strength at the break of every morn and guard him within the shelter of Thy protection so that he may be freed from error, may devote himself to the service of Thy Cause, may guide the wayward, lead the hapless, free the captives and awaken the heedless, that all may be blessed with Thy remembrance and praise.  Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.

                                                                       -Abdu’l-Bahá

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O my God!  O Thou forgiver of sins, bestower of gifts, dispeller of afflictions!  

Verily, I beseech thee to forgive the sins of such as have abandoned the physical garment and have ascended to the spiritual world. 

O my Lord!  Purify them from trespasses, dispel their sorrows, and change their darkness into light.  Cause them to enter the garden of happiness, cleanse them with the most pure water, and grant them to behold Thy splendors on the loftiest mount.

-Abdu’l-Bahá

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O Thou forgiving Lord!

Although some souls have spent the days of their lives in ignorance, and became estranged and contumacious, yet, with one wave from the ocean of Thy forgiveness, all those encompassed by sin will be set free.  Whomsoever Thou willest Thou makest a confidant, and whosoever is not the object of Thy choice is accounted a transgressor.  Shouldst Thou deal with us with Thy justice, we are all naught but sinners and deserving to be shut out from Thee, but shouldst Thou uphold mercy, every sinner would be made pure and every stranger a friend.  Bestow, then, Thy forgiveness and pardon, and grant Thy mercy unto all.

Thou art the Forgiver, the Lightgiver and the Omnipotent.

                                                                    -Abdu’l-Bahá

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Love You Walle.