HOPE AMID TRAGEDY

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Mar 2020
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HOPE AMID TRAGEDY

Samuel Barker whose favourite colour was ‘rainbow’

A Welsh community has been left shaken by the tragic death of seven-year-old Samuel Barker. Yet this small community has also been shaken by the incredible faith of his family, who continue to speak of God as they grapple with the immeasurable pain of losing their son.

Samuel was killed by the school bus which had just delivered him to his home in Monmouth. Rushing to the scene of the accident, his mother, Cat Barker, knew he was not alive the moment she got there.

She told a local paper: ‘I was there in seconds. I picked him up off the road and put him on my lap. I knew he was dead straight away and there was no suffering. I praised God for his life and that I knew exactly where he was now, and that it had been so quick. I kissed his head – his very tousled hair.’

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