Young Missionary Family Killed in Nebraska Car Crash

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Young Missionary Family Killed in Nebraska Car Crash: According to Dennis Vogan, an official with the ministry organization WorldVenture, the Pals family intended to serve as long-term missionaries in Nagoya, Japan. They were headed to Palmer Lake, Colorado, for a five-week session on learning a language and assimilating into another culture. After moving to Japan and becoming fluent in Japanese, they would work full-time with 13 other missionaries.

Jamison and Kathryne Pals, both 29, and their children, Ezra, 3, Violet, almost 2, and 2½-month-old Calvin were killed on Interstate 80 west of Brule when their westbound minivan was struck from behind by a semitrailer truck. The force of the collision pushed the two vehicles into three other westbound vehicles. The semi and van both became engulfed in flames. The semi driver, Tony Weekly, 53, of Baker, Florida, was treated at a hospital in Julesburg, Colorado, and released.

Rick Pals of Hugo, Minnesota, Jamison’s father, said his son became interested in missionary work in Japan after hearing Michael Oh, a Korean-American pastor, speak. The Palses would have been affiliated with Christ Bible Institute in Nagoya, Japan. Read full story… omaha.com

 

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WorldVenture | Remembering the Pals Family | Missionary Family

Minnesota family of 5 killed in fiery Nebraska crash; truck driver arrested – Rick Kupchella’s BringMeTheNews Rick Kupchella’s BringMeTheNews – A Minnesota couple and their three young children were killed in a fiery crash on a Nebraska highway Sunday afternoon. The multiple-vehicle crash happened Sunday on westbound Interstate 80, near Brule, Nebraska, the Nebraska State Patrol said Monday.

 

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