A missions trip to Honduras turned deadly July 26 when the brakes failed on a vehicle carrying volunteers down a steep mountain hill, killing one and injuring at least 15 in the ensuing crash.
The volunteers were part of a group of 20 – including teenagers, college students and adults – from First Baptist Church, New Albany, Miss. Ron Feather, a dentist, was fatally wounded in the accident.
“They took large amounts of medical supplies with them, and they were there to do as much as they could with medical work and dental work and whatever there was a need for,” Paul Sizemore, student minister at First, New Albany, said.
The church’s pastor, Malcolm Pinion, was in the area but working on a building project at a different location at the time of the accident.
Sizemore said the weeklong trip was the first international missions trip the church had taken in several years, although they’re frequently active in missions within the United States.
He encouraged Southern Baptists to pray for the individuals who were injured, for their families and for the Feathers family.
“These folks were just eager to work and do what they could to help. And when something tragic like this happens, you just can’t understand what the families are going through, anticipating trying to get their family members back,” he said. “The family who lost their loved one, they’ll have very specific things that they’ll have to work through.”
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