What did you think of the Mistaken Identity of Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn?”
This is a story about two families on an emotional journey unlike anything you’ve seen before. It’s a story of deep faith and undying love — and how both were tested to the limit by an almost unimaginable twist of fate. It begins with two lovely young women whose lives became intertwined forever on a cool spring evening in 2006. Laura Van Ryn was 22 at the time. Her parents, Don and Susie, lived in Caledonia, Mich. Laura was the youngest of four children. She had an older sister, Lisa, and two brothers, Kenny and Mark. Laura and her boyfriend, Aryn, had been dating for three years. Everybody knew they’d get married. A truck driver had lost control of his loaded semi. The big rig crossed the median and sideswiped the Taylor University van, ripping it open. The impact flung passengers and their belongings all over the interstate. Five of the nine people on the van were killed instantly. They were transported to the county hospital. The four survivors all suffered injuries — some seriou
