What is going on?

Beth called this morning to relay the following news as a follow up to Taylor's van accident last month, and I am speechless:

"This morning, we learned from the Grant County Coroner's Office that there has been a case of mistaken identity involving two of the young women involved in the accident. We had believed that Laura VanRyn was airlifted to Parkview Hospital and has recently begun to emerge from the coma she was in since the night of the accident. The Coroner's office has notified us that Laura was instead one of the five people who died that evening and that it was Whitney Cerak who was airlifted to Parkview and is today convalescing at a hospital in Grand Rapids, MI." (excerpt from Taylor's press release, which you can read here.)

I am speechless. Laura's family has been caring for the girl they believed to be their daughter for the last month, only to discover it is not her. Whitney's family has been grieving the loss of who they thought was their daughter and buried her, only to discover she is still alive.

Praise the Lord that these are people of strong faith. I cannot even imagine the level and complexity of their grief. Please pray for the VanRyn family as they prepare for Laura's funeral, and pray for the Cerak family as they embrace the joy of knowing their daughter is alive and follow her on the road to recovery.

Wow.