Finding Friends in the Afterlife, Three Stories
Rev. Don Piper's Resurrection Don Piper was a Baptist minister who attended a convention in the Houston area in January, 1989. He went there hoping to learn more about starting a new church. On the way home, while crossing a bridge with a protective railing, a prison truck driven by an inmate crossed over to his lane and landed on top of his car, crushing both car and driver. Don Piper died instantly, with gruesome damage to head, thorax, and limbs. Another minister from the same convention was part of the resulting traffic jam, so he and his wife walked forward to see what happened. He didn't particularly know Rev. Piper, but he felt that he could aid with prayer and comfort. What he found was a very mangled Don, still in the car, and covered with a tarp to hide the gruesome body. No one was attending to him because he was dead. Beyond all question. But he couldn't be moved until the coroner declared him dead. So Rev. Gentiles crawled into the car through the back, lifted