His Grace Magazine!
Page 12
October 2021
Missionaries Kidnapped
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17 Missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, includes a 8 month old infant
gang in Haiti has kidnapped 17 Missionary members from the United States and Canada, and they are demanding $17 million in ransom for their release. The FBI, who are working with the Haitian officials, have apparently been in contact with the gang that is holding the missionaries as hostages. The search and rescue is entering the fourth day. Some new information is now coming forth about the missionaries, including that there are five children there, their ages are 3, 6, 14, 15. There is also an 8 month old infant with the group. Ned Price, with the State Department Spokesperson, said, "This is something we have treated with utmost priority since Saturday." State Department officials are on the ground now in Haiti. They are working towards securing the safe release of the missionary hostages
who found themselves kidnapped at gun point while they were heading home from the orphanage in Port Au Prince. The missionaries are from the Ohio
group Christian Aid Ministries, who says they're a "Channel for Amish, Mennonite, and other conservative Anabaptists groups and individuals to minister to physical and spiritual
needs around the world." After the assassination of Haiti's President this year, there have been a lot of criminal gangs taking over the streets and now kidnappings are taking off. Some of the aid groups' volunteers are sharing what it has been like on the streets in Haiti. They said, "It used to be targeted, but now the whole population is targeted. Everyone is a target and no one is safe." The gangs are now in control of half of the capital city of Port Au Prince and they're growing stronger. A lot of aid groups are finding it hard to send in supplies to those people who need them. Not only is the Christian Aid Ministries praying for the release and safety of the missionaries, but they're also asking believers to pray for the hearts of the kidnappers, that they would change their lives and be changed by the love of Jesus Christ.
