The "Vass" Continent of Africa: A Love Story
The Life and Times of Winifred K. Vass and Lachlan C. Vass III
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Definitely classified as a distraction was a five-foot snake that crawled into the house someway, and coiled itself on the bottom shelf in Winnie’s closet, on top of a mirror which had not yet been put in place. The children having been sleeping quietly for an hour, Winnie decided to do some Christmas-ing, and reached onto the shelf to move the mirror and make room for hiding some of their presents. Instead of the mirror, she put her hand on the snake, which instantly shot up its head. Since Lach was still at Luebo, Bill Metzel came to the rescue, killing the squirming reptile with a broom handle. Part of the mirror came to pieces along with the snake. For some reason or other, by some quirk of thought this little incident of Christmas week is all tied up together with the story of Eve, and the snake and the Bible quotation, “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity”, for it was one panel of her vanity mirror that was the casualty of the battle. We’re glad there was no other sort of casualty!
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About the Book
This book is the story of the lives of Winifred Kellersberger Vass and Lachlan Cumming Vass -- how they met, fell in love and became missionaries in the Belgian Congo as told in letters they wrote to their friends, family, and supporting churches back in the United States. There are many exciting adventures and Winnie Vass is a story teller par excellence!! From heartbreak to thrills -- you will find it all in this book!!
About the Author
The author is the 3rd daughter of the missionaries who are the main characters in this biography. She was born, reared, and educated primarily in the Congo, later attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, taught school in Laurens, SC for 36 years, married to Tim Guerin of Atlanta, GA (3 yrs) and Reggie Wilkerson of Ware Shoals, SC (41 yrs) . She has one daughter by her first husband Cora Elizabeth Guerin Small (Michael) of Black Mountain, NC and two step children by her second husband: Lorrie Lee Wilkerson Hudson (Jimmy) of Coward, SC and James Wilkerson (Korin) of Laurens, SC, and seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is presently enjoying her retirement with her husband Reggie at their home in Laurens. She is active in her church at West Main Street Church of God in Ware Shoals, SC and in the Presbyterian College Alumni Association.