On last week
I sent a note requesting prayer for Mitchell Roye, a young photographer I was
mentoring here in Liberia. He was involved in an auto accident where the driver
lost control of the taxi in which he was riding. Sadly, I received word earlier today that
Mitchell died over the weekend. While I
am sure his passing is a tremendous loss for his family and the newspaper, I
pray that his legacy in photography and his passion for photographing life will
offer some comfort.
In a bit of
irony, in September following an assignment where we were both exhausted, I
stopped in the first open building to take a rest. Unbeknownst to us it was a casket making
company. As we sat watching the crowd
passing, drinking water and talking, Mitchell shared how he was uncomfortable
sitting in the casket making company. We briefly talked about a life in Christ
and watched the two young boys continue making the wood caskets. Before leaving he joked, “Those caskets are
very expensive, thank God I don’t need one.”
Mitchells’
untimely death is a keen reminder that none of us knows when its time to
go. Today, hug someone important to you,
share a kind word with someone you have been unpleasant to, and ask Jesus to
come into your heart if you have not.
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