Doug Carson, the teen’s high school principal at Beaver County Christian, said Mr. Heidengren’s parents had been visiting on Saturday with him and his older brother, Jonathan, who is to be a senior this fall at Wheaton.
The parents were on their way home when camp officials notified them that their son was missing.
Mr. Carson said the family, as well as the high school community, all have reacted as they believe Alex would have. At an impromptu prayer service Sunday at the high school, about 70 students, staff and friends prayed with the Heidengren family.
“More than one student testified that God is sovereign and in control, and that things that are unclear or inexplicable are in God’s hands. That was Alex’s hope. His hope was in Jesus Christ. There’s no question about that,” Mr. Carson said today.
I’ve read these accounts and threads with a mixture of anguish, despair and helplessness. I can’t imagine the sadness of Alex’s family. I will keep both him and them in my prayers.