middleton doctor, cynthia heard, susie jackson, at the legs, clemente pinckney, tywanza sanders, daniel simmons, myra thompson. the nine we lost in the most sacred of places. their memories will forever be with us. my family and i pray for them and there's every day. when i speak of the tragedy, i no longer speak of the emmanuel nine, i speak of the emmanuel 12. why? on june 17 there were 12 men bible study. i've said it before but i imagine i will say it until i no longer have the capacity to speak it all. those toe people did what so many south carolinians do on a normal wednesday night. they went to bible study, to profess and to grow their faith . but that was not a normal wednesday night. that night someone else joined them. he didn't look like them, didn't sound like them, and didn't act like them. they didn't call the police. they didn't throw him out. instead, they pulled up a chair and they prayed with him, for an hour. for reasons only god knows we lost nine amazing souls that night. so too, for reasons only he knows, god decided he that he still had work for them to do. i ask that yo