(CBN) – All four members of an Alberta, Canada missionary family have been killed in a head-on collision in South Africa. CBC News reports Brendan Perrott, 33, and Melissa Perrott, 32, along with their two children Evelyn, 5 and Colton, 3, were killed in the accident that happened on the R74 road Sunday between QwaQwa and Harrismith.
In addition, five other people were killed in the crash, including Sabelo Sibeko, who was an orphan. The Perrotts had taken him along on a day trip so he could compete in a bike race. Witnesses reported the vehicles were unrecognizable after having burst into flames. All of the passengers in the two vehicles died on impact, according to the CBC. The Perrotts were living in Bulembu, a small town in the mountainous Highveld region of Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland.
They had spent the last two years in Bulembu working as missionaries. Nanette Perrott, Brendan’s mother told the Canadian television network that family members are taking solace in their faith. “There are just no words and yet we know they’re in the Lord’s presence and that’s what gives us peace,” she said. “We know they’re all together and I know they wouldn’t change a thing. They would not. They were devoted to God’s work and God’s children.” READ MORE
