Posted on 05/24/2024 10:13:08 AM PDT by Drew68
Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker said Friday that his “heart is broken in a thousand pieces” after his daughter and son-in-law were taken hostage then later killed by a gang in Haiti.
Natalie and Davy Lloyd were among a group of missionaries who were ambushed as they left a church on Thursday, the nonprofit Missions in Haiti Inc. wrote on Facebook.
A gang of “3 trucks full of guys” whisked the group away, the nonprofit, which is run by Davy’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd, wrote in a frantic Facebook post calling for “urgent prayers.”
“Davy was taken to the house tied up and beat. The gang then took our trucks and loaded everything up they wanted and left. Another gang came after to see what was going on and if they could help, so they say. No one understood what they were doing, not sure what took place but one was shot and killed and now this gang went into full attack mode.”
Davy and Natalie tried to use an internet connection to call Davy’s parents, the nonprofit’s post continued. “So they are holed up in there, the gangs has shot all the windows out of the house and continue to shoot,” the post added. “Their lives are in danger. I have been trying all my contacts to get a police armored car there to evacuate them out to safety but can’t get anyone to do. I also am trying to negotiate with the gang so how much $ to stand down and let them leave and get to safety. PLEASE PRAY- Going to be a long night. The phones have all died I can’t get a hold of anybody for the past several hours now to know what was going on.”
However, a follow-up post three hours later said, “Davy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o’clock this evening.”
Baker wrote on Facebook that he had “never felt this kind of pain.”
Violence has reached fever pitch in Haiti in the weeks since a new prime minister was announced last month, and kidnappings of missionaries and other foreigners are extremely common.
But just two weeks ago, Missions in Haiti said they felt the situation was stabilizing as the U.S. military sent personnel and equipment, and a Kenya-led international force was slated to arrive later in May.
“It may be the worst is behind us now and better days ahead,” the group wrote on Facebook. “We are believing this is the case and Haiti is coming out of this dark time.”
Five days ago, the group said things had calmed down even further. “Gang activity still happening with looting and destruction, but much less then before,” they wrote. “...For the past 2 weeks we have watched US military planes fly over several times a day. They are flying in equipment and supplies for the international force that is coming. It is reported the first 200 troops from Kenya are to land this week. Some gangs are realizing their rule is about to come to an end. 3 gang guys that come to the bakery for bread a couple times a week, I asked them what their plans are. They said ‘run to the Dominican Republic when the fighting starts.’”
“But if those two young people went to Haiti because they felt pressure to do so because of her parent’s position in the government and in the organization...that is something their family will have to live with.”
Founded by guy’s father in 2000
tragic when so many Americans need help so desperately.
We have different views of Christian faith, I’m glad missionaries take on the Christian duty and frequently dangerous work, history and the world would be very different without their courage and sacrifice.
Potentially losing your life seems anything but “cheap” virtue signaling.
So? Evangelize in the West where Christianity is dying the fastest.
Want to save black souls? Go evangelize to the Somali Muslims that Bush and Obama imported here. There's Somali neighborhoods all over the United States.
At least you'll have a better chance of surviving.
I don't need to "know the hearts of missionaries" to know that taking my smoking hot young white wife over to Haiti during a cannibal revolution isn't going to end well.
And all that great cigar leaf it grows.
Anyone wonder if God gives performance reviews, and if so, would they be on stone tablets?
During the Haitian revolt, they killed every white person in Haiti.
Men, women, and children.
They have been damned ever since.
Prayers up.
Maybe they should be.
All posts are discussing.
BEST SUMMARY OF ALL
biden will do what he’s bribed to do.
“It was apparently a religious ministry, and I respect that.”
Should have had a different line of work.
“I apologize for my cynicism.”
Don’t, you are much too benevolent.
My nephew is having a destination wedding next month in the Dominican Republic, I won’t be there and I advised my sister to do the same.
At least the victims had not yet been eaten.
As I said, you have no concept of missions.
You don’t just decide where you’re going; you go when God leads you to go. And you don’t go where you have “a better chance of surviving”; you go where God leads you to go.
Your have to have a different foundation in order to understand. Maybe some day you will; it’s not your fault.
Well, I hope I haven't angered God so much that he leads me and my hot babe wife to Haiti.
There is nothing and nobody in Haiti worth saving. They screwed up and let their ideologies run away with them. God may protect you but you gotta give him some help.
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