Hi Nita,
The friend request did come from me. I thought you would be able to just accept the request. I am not sure how friend requests work because I have never had a need to do it before. But it should be available to you because I have requested it. Sorry about that!
Other people will not find me on a search to send a message, because my profile is classified as private and is not available to most searches. I tend to be as private as possible, except to folks that I want to contact.
Don