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.’”
which means nothing will happen.....they are too disjointed, too tribal...it would take a merciless leader to establish order.....and in this day and age, that would be unacceptable...but, perhaps some cultures only respond to force and a heavy hand.
They should have read a little less from the Bible and a little more from Scott Adams.
They were doing God’s work.
Yours is a discussing post.
Dumping aid on Haiti just means that they will never be motivated enough to create their own infrastructure.
How can a farmer compete with free food. How can a Haitian doctor make a living when doctors from around the globe are always there to treat people for free?
“For God’s Sake, Please Stop The Aid!”
Cannibals.
My neighbor’s large church has had a mission Haiti, and every year they send a couple dozen white suburban kids, who must raise money to pay their own way, to do “mission work” for two weeks - stuff like picking up trash, planting flowers, and taking Instagram pics with skinny little black kids.
They aren’t allowed to leave he compound alone and must travel with an armed guard when venturing outside as a group. Of course, all travel has stopped now
I am conflicted - while I admire their Christian desire to do good, train-up their children in this mindset, and create community among themselves, I find their efforts extremely naive, and, frankly, useless. The end result seems to be cheap virtue-signaling. Its been the exact same thing for 30 years. That anyone would risk their life over this is stupid. They are indeed as innocent as doves, but forgot the “wise as snakes” part.
I apologize for my cynicism.
Hence the need for Dom. Rep. to finish building the Wall they started. Failing that? Move their military to the border....
Exactly.
Our "White Saviour" complex has brought more misery, suffering, and dependence upon the Third World than if we had just let them be.
This is the article I referenced, it totally changed the way I see things.
“A total failure on the part of husband and dad to protect their most precious treasure.”
I remember my bleeding-heart sister who would go crazy over whatever the latest cause was, crying, yelling, etc. Nobody was willing to debate her or try to talk to her because there was no logic or reason inside her head to appeal to. She grew out of it in her thirties, but by that time nobody in the family wanted anything to do with her. When someone is espousing something totally ridiculous, like, say, going to Palestine to prove how wonderful and accepting of gays Muslims are, I just say, “good on you. Enjoy.”
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“...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.’”
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expect them to be arriving in miami on brandon airline’s “parole program”
Were the Apostles blinded by faith, or were they doing what they were called to do?
On my mom’s side of the family, a couple went to China as missionaries. I still have an old photo of them in traditional Chinese clothing, looked like from mid-1800s to early 1900s. They were beheaded for their faith. I’ve never considered them blind to the dangers.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Few things more pointlessly stupid than sending good white kids into the worst ghettos of the world to pick up trash or dig a well.
Better to send them some garbage bags and shovels. Let these people pick up their own trash and dig their own holes. Or let them live amongst their own squalor and thirst. No trouble to me.
Don’t understand why or how these people can post this kind of thing almost real time.
Haitians doing what they do best. They kill white people. Missionaries are needed to spread the Gospel but Haiti has a history of this brutality and a worthless endeavor for white Christians.
We’ve got hordes of Haitians coming across our border every day. If Barbecue and the Cannibals get the idea that they can murder Americans with out any pushback, what’s to hinder them from coming and doing it here? Hell, they already are. Wipe them out in their home turf first. And send a message to the rest of the world scumbags-
Pedicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead.
That's the point of the thread.
Have a discussion.
Warning! Do Not Go to Haiti until all this mess is sorted out! It will be, a new tyrant will come to power and establish order by fear and terror. Until the new “PaPa Doc” is in place best to avoid the place like the plague.
indeed it was. Keep out of places like that and encourage others to do the same.
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