Andrew and Wendy Palau and their three children, Christopher, Jonathan and Sadie, were passengers on American Airlines Flight 331 that skidded off the runway and crashed in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, December 22. The Palaus were traveling to Jamaica for the Christmas holidays to visit Wendy’s Jamaican family.
The Palaus were among the 148 passengers and six crew members who miraculously survived the crash, escaping with minor injuries. The plane skidded across the runway in a blinding rainstorm before breaking apart into three sections just a few feet from the Caribbean Sea. The Palaus were seated behind an exit row and managed to escape the plane by jumping onto the wing and then onto the wet sand. The family lost all of their belongings and documents.
Luis Palau said, “We are grateful to the Lord that no one on the flight suffered any life-threatening injuries. Andrew has a couple black eyes from hitting his head during the crash, but we are extremely thankful the family was not seriously hurt.”
Having safely returned home in mid-January from their time in Jamaica with Wendy’s family, Andrew is extremely grateful for each and every day. “The Lord has done a great miracle,” he said of God’s protection, choking back tears.
Now Andrew’s sense of urgency to proclaim the Gospel to the lost and hurting is more acute than ever. His evangelistic outreaches in 2010 include Fun in the Son (Jamaica), Yakima Valley CityFest (Washington), and Love Kampala Festival (Uganda).
Please be praying that God will use Andrew to call many to Himself through this incident. Also be praying for the crash survivors who do not know Jesus Christ, but whose brush with death leaves them wrestling with questions of eternity.
For more information about Andrew’s ministry, please visit his website.
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