Postscript

Wycliffe Canada featured Erin Chapman in their latest magazine. Erin lived in Cameroon, Africa with her family.  She’s faced two major losses in her life–first the death of her two brothers from cerebral malaria, and then the loss of her parents in an airplane crash. She is the only surviving member of her immediate family.

Her parents died the year I started working for Wycliffe.  I had been asked to share at a Wycliffe Associates banquet that year, and Bob Chapman was in the video that was shown at the event.  After the video, they talked about the plane crash, and we prayed for Erin. Inside I empathized with her pain, but I knew I couldn’t begin to understand it.

We’ve seen remnants of the Chapmans presence here–a plaque in our conference room at the office.  In Cameroon I saw a building dedicated to them.  Both of us have met people who knew them.

It’s sometimes hard to understand how God can work through such tragedy.  I encourage you to read this article–Family Resemblance. Erin shares candidly about her suffering and how the Lord was at work through what she experienced.

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