A pastor from Minnesota was killed while on a missionary trip with his family in Africa. The pastor’s wife has been arrested, and a close friend of the victim tells Fox News Digital that the pastor was a “wonderful person” who “genuinely cared about those less fortunate.”
When Beau Shroyer, 44, moved to Angola with his wife and five kids in 2021 to become a missionary, he was killed in a terrible “act of violence” there on October 25, Lakes Area Vineyard Church Lead Pastor Troy Easton said last week.
Easton now said that Jackie Shroyer, Shroyer’s wife, has been arrested in connection with his death, but he didn’t say anything else about the circumstances.
“Today, our grief and sadness have grown immeasurably as we learned that his wife, Jackie Shroyer, has been arrested in connection with his death,” Easton wrote in a statement released by the church that did not have a date.
“I really love you, and I’m shocked and saddened that I need to send you this kind of message.” I’m so sorry; I don’t know how to say how shocked and saddened I am by this news.
Easton wrote that the couple’s five kids are being cared for by missionaries from SIM USA and SIM Angola.
“I can’t believe this is happening, but it is.” “As a community, we must pray to the Lord to show his grace, mercy, and comforting presence to the Shroyer children and their family,” Easton wrote.
Shroyer had said before that the place where the family moved was a “remote bush village” with no sewer, water, or electricity systems.
The day before he died, Shroyer wrote on Facebook that the Nyneka people they were helping “are among the most marginalized people groups in Angola.” He wrote this after meeting a young man named “Mauricio” who was walking to school almost two hours before class started.
“They can’t get an education.” “One of the goals of our ministry center is to help young men like Mauricio get job-ready skills through vocational training,” Shroyer wrote. I think Mauricio is 19 or 20 years old and in the 10th grade. He is one of the few people in this area who goes to school past the elementary level.
A few days before he wrote that he was going to fix the roof of their shelter, Shroyer posted pictures and videos of people spreading manure by hand on a farm. He also put up a picture of himself with a smile while getting a 32-cent haircut from a nearby barber.
The news source says that Shroyer worked for the Detroit Lakes Police Department in 2013 before becoming a real estate agent in the area.
Before Beau Shroyer went to Africa, David Dorman worked with him in real estate for years. He said that everyone close to the family is shocked to hear about Beau’s death and his wife’s arrest.
“Beau was a great person.” “I don’t think I’ve ever met a person who was more selfless,” Dorman told Fox News Digital. “I’ve admired your bravery for years for taking this leap in the first place.” He cared deeply about people, especially those who didn’t have much. It’s been a huge shock to see things go this way.
Dorman said Beau’s desire to help people in need was clear even in the real estate business, where the two worked together on a number of difficult and complicated deals.
“Beau was unique. Beau did more than expected for his clients… He loved what he did and was a true partner. He had a great attitude, and I loved working with him, Dorman said. He also said that he would often drive three hours to meet Beau for closings and then have dinner with him afterwards.
“In real estate, he was one of the real “good guys.” It doesn’t happen as often as you might think. It was the first time in 13 years that he stood out for all the right reasons.
A real servant in a sea of snakes. A client advocate at all times. People told stories about how far he would go for his clients. He went the extra mile more than anyone else.
Dorman said Beau helped people move who didn’t have anyone to help them, and Beau would often skip his commission to see a deal through to the end.
“Just to help his clients get settled, I saw him cut down trees, sheds, take out the trash, and do a lot more.” The list goes on and on. The world lost a great person when he died. “There aren’t many people this good,” Dorman said.
According to Dorman, Beau loved his wife and children very much. It didn’t surprise him that Beau had decided to leave the United States for Africa because he knew Beau’s faith in God was “really strong.” She said Beau quit a very successful real estate business to work as a missionary in a Third World country.
“It was the very definition of brave and kind. A lot of people wanted to be better because of Beau. Show them the way, not by force. Dorman said, “I want to be more like him.”
He said Beau would send regular emails about their mission, pointing out the good and bad points. Dorman shared some of these emails with Fox News Digital.
We live in a house in the missionary complex in Lubango right now. A message from April says, “It’s a big change from living in the middle of the neighborhood Senhora Do Monte.” The family was “settled in and loving it,” he said. They were also going to be back in Detroit Lakes over the summer to speak at several churches.
Beau also wrote that the area was in “extreme poverty” and that he was working at soup nights. He also taught English to Christian teens and young adults three days a week in their home.
“I currently have seven students and about a million more asking to join!” he told me.
