I received some terrible news yesterday. A co-worker and more importantly, a friend passed away on Tuesday night. She worked for IBM but contracted to Nestle for the same project I am working on. She was in Vevey for quite a while and got to know many people there. I met her in Brazil and quickly decided she was the most energetic, vibrant, happy and fun person there. She was constantly dancing and enjoying herself. We had made plans to get in touch when I moved back home as she lived in Pasadena. She still worked on the GLOBE project and was in Mexico City for a week or so. She complained of not feeling well and one night decided not to go out and stayed at her hotel instead. She died from an apparent heart attack. Jeanette Mills was 30 years old.

Please join me and many other people in praying for her family and friends. I can not bear to imagine what her family is going through especially since this happened in a foreign country.

I quote Maurizio Villa from an email he sent to all of us when we heard the news "Heaven suddenly became a better place!"

Here is a picture from our trip to Brazil, Jeanette is on the top left with a huge smile!