That sucks, I don't have many friends myself. Aaryan's point, though, is that asking us to solve it for you is cheating. But since you got the hint of using a 9x6 matrix, I'll at least do you the favor of putting the message in a 9x6 matrix.
WH3TEE
HERWDN
A2OO7T
TSO6AY
0QTHN9
IU4UDF
SAON8I
1RFDTV
TE5RWE
Hopefully you can see it now. Good luck with the competition!