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Summary: Nancy Davis was shot by gunmen in a black pickup, police say
Missionary, husband had been attempting to outrun gunman
Davises lived in Mexico since 1970s; they worked with Gospel Proclaimers mission
"They breathed Mexico. That's their love," friend said of the couple
An American missionary was fatally shot in Mexico on Wednesday, police said.
The preliminary investigation indicated that Nancy Davis, 59, and her husband were traveling on a Mexican highway near the city of San Fernando, Mexico, when they were confronted by gunmen in a black pickup, the Pharr Police Department in Texas said. San Fernando is south of the border city of Reynosa in Tamaulipas state.
"The gunmen were attempting to stop them and the victims accelerated in efforts of getting away from them," the police statement said. "At a certain point the gunmen discharged a weapon at the victim's vehicle and a bullet struck the victim Nancy Shuman Davis on the head."
Davis' husband, identified as Sam Davis by family friends, drove their truck "at high rate of speed" to the Pharr International Bridge, which crosses the Rio Grande. Nancy Davis was taken to a hospital in nearby McAllen, Texas, where she was pronounced dead about 90 minutes later.
Pharr Police said they had been in touch with Mexican authorities, who said they were investigating the shooting. The Texas Department of Public Safety, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are also assisting, police said.
Merton Rundell, a professor in the missions department at Indiana's Union Bible College & Academy and a family friend, told CNN the couple had lived in Mexico since the 1970s and worked with the Gospel Proclaimers mission in Mexico.
Maryanne Wheeler, another friend who worked with the Davises in the 1990s, said Nancy Davis' death was a great loss.
"They breathed Mexico," Wheeler said. "That's their love.
"For 40 years she has gone around Mexico, trying to be there as a nurse, a friend, as a spiritual adviser and has loved them. They lost the best," she said. "They had a petite lady who had the tenacity of a bulldog and was there for you."
Wheeler said the couple had been shot at before and knew the dangers of the border area.Summary: Nancy Davis was shot by gunmen in a black pickup, police say
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It's a common conceit among Christians that their religion was in opposition to the Nazi regime of Germany. The truth, however, is that most Christians either went along with the Nazis or actively supported them. Just about the only Christian group that opposed the Nazis - and paid for it - were the Jehovah's Witnesses. How many other Christians supported them? http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/393-resistance-to-hitler-It's a common conceit among Christians that their religion was in opposition to... more
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"SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean border guards apparently detained an American missionary as soon as he walked into the communist nation in an effort to call attention to Pyongyang's human rights abuses, an activist said Monday.
Robert Park, 28, slipped across the frozen Tumen River into the North from China on Christmas Day carrying a letter calling on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to shut down the country's political prison camps. There has been no word from him since.
Jo Sung-rae of the Seoul-based activist group Pax Koreana cited a person who witnessed Park crossing into the North as saying that voices were heard on the North Korean side as soon as Park crossed over.
Jo quoted the person, one of two people who guided Park to the crossing, as saying visibility was poor. "But he said he heard people talking loudly when Robert arrived there," Jo added. "I think they were border guards and Robert was taken into custody immediately."
Members of Park's church in Tucson, Ariz., held services Saturday and Sunday night to pray for a safe return, said the Rev. John Benson, the pastor at Life in Christ Community Church. About 70 people attended Saturday's vigil, he said.
Park's father, Pyong Park, quoted his son as saying before the journey he was "not afraid to die, as long as the whole world, all every nation pay attention to the North Korea situation, my death is nothing." The senior Park spoke to San Diego's KFMB television.
Jo said two guides, who he described as North Korean defectors, filmed Park's crossing. But one of them is demanding payment for the footage and is refusing to hand it over.
Jo, who has been the source for most information about Park, initially requested anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the situation, but is now speaking by name.
North Korea's state-run media has been silent on Park's case. The U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said they were aware of the incident but had no details."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_us_missionary"SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean border guards apparently detained an... more
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COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A Southern Adventist University student has been murdered while on a student mission project in the state of Yap in Micronesia.
A spokesperson for Southern Adventist, in Collegedale, confirms that Kirsten Wolcott, a junior liberal arts education major, was killed on Wednesday. According to the Adventist News Network, she had reportedly gone jogging by herself before morning classes and did not return.
The publication also reports that an arrest has been made in the case, but no further details were available.
"This is devastating news, not only for the family but for the school and the Adventist Church," said Homer Trecartin, associate secretary for the Adventist world church and director of Adventist Volunteer Service.
"Throughout the history of the church many have made the sacrifice to go serve and some have paid with their lives," Trecartin said. "Our prayer is that God will raise other people to finish the work that Kirsten and others started."
Ms. Wolcott, originally from the Richmond, Virginia area, was teaching second grade at the Yap Adventist School.
Wolcott was on Southern Adventist University’s distinguished dean’s list. She was also known for her love of music and running. She played the harp and piano and sang in Bel Canto, Southern’s women’s chorus.
In a statement a Southern Adventist spokesperson said, "Southern is profoundly saddened by the loss of Kirsten Wolcott. At a painful time such as this, we remember in prayer Kirsten's parents, friends, fellow Student Missionaries, and all on our campus who knew and loved her well."
The school is providing counseling services for fellow students and have set up a special web site in memory of Ms. Wolcott. They have also set up a table in the Campus Ministries area of the student center where people can leave notes and remembrances.
The public can leave messages of condolence HERE.
Yap SDA School opened in 1987 as an elementary school and subsequently expanded to a kindergarten through 12th-grade school. The school is run mostly by Adventist college students volunteering as teachers. About 10 student missionaries are serving this year in Yap, Trecartin said. Teachers live in apartments on campus.
Yap, about 16 miles long and four miles wide, is one of four island states of the nation of Micronesia, a U.S. protectorate.COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (WTVC-TV) - A Southern Adventist University student has been... more
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UPDATE: ARREST MADE: http://www.newschannel9.com/news/adventist-986536-southern-wolcott.html
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/adventist-986536-southern-wolcott.html
A Southern Adventist student has been murdered while on a student mission project in the state of Yap in Micronesia.
A spokesperson for Southern Adventist, in Collegedale, confirms that Kirsten Wolcott, a junior liberal arts education major, was killed on Wednesday. According to the Adventist News Network, she had reportedly gone jogging by herself before morning classes and did not return.
"This is devastating news, not only for the family but for the school and the Adventist Church," said Homer Trecartin, associate secretary for the Adventist world church and director of Adventist Volunteer Service.
"Throughout the history of the church many have made the sacrifice to go serve and some have paid with their lives," Trecartin said. "Our prayer is that God will raise other people to finish the work that Kirsten and others started."
Ms. Wolcott, originally from the Richmond, Virginia area, was teaching second grade at the Yap Adventist School.
Wolcott was on Southern Adventist University’s distinguished dean’s list. She was also known for her love of music and running. She played the harp and piano and sang in Bel Canto, Southern’s women’s chorus.
In a statement a Southern Adventist spokesperson said, "Southern is profoundly saddened by the loss of Kirsten Wolcott. At a painful time such as this, we remember in prayer Kirsten's parents, friends, fellow Student Missionaries, and all on our campus who knew and loved her well."
The school is providing counseling services for fellow students and have set up a special web site in memory of Ms. Wolcott. They have also set up a table in the Campus Ministries area of the student center where people can leave notes and remembrances.
Yap SDA School opened in 1987 as an elementary school and subsequently expanded to a kindergarten through 12th-grade school. The school is run mostly by Adventist college students volunteering as teachers. About 10 student missionaries are serving this year in Yap, Trecartin said. Teachers live in apartments on campus.
Yap, about 16 miles long and four miles wide, is one of four island states of the nation of Micronesia, a U.S. protectorate.UPDATE: ARREST MADE:... more
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WINNIPEG - A U.S. missionary who has travelled the world teaching religion to youth has been handed one of the longest child pornography sentences in Manitoba history.
Ronald William White received a 20-month penalty on Friday after pleading guilty to importing nearly 5,000 disturbing images into Canada - and after claiming some of the images in his collection would be accepted by more cosmopolitan Europeans.
``The images were graphic and disturbing. Some of the pictures are of babies, some of them in apparent distress,'' said provincial court Judge Michel Chartier.
White, 25, was arrested on Valentine's Day at the James Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg. The Virginia resident had flown to Winnipeg to hook up with a woman he'd met online, court was told.
Border officials were suspicious of White because he arrived with no return ticket. They asked to search his laptop computer and found evidence of child pornography.
Winnipeg police took over the investigation, obtained a warrant and found an ``overwhelming'' collection, said Crown attorney Terry McComb.
The nearly 5,000 illegal images were mostly of boys, aged five and younger. At least one was of a newborn toddler with his umbilical cord still showing, court was told.
Police also found more than 10,000 images depicting child nudity that didn't fall inside the reach of Canada's Criminal Code. White admitted to taking some of those pictures himself in the homes of families he'd visited in 11 countries over the past five years. White also had 19,000 other pictures of fully-clothed children.
White, who has a degree in theology, later told justice officials that many of the pictures he had would be acceptable in ``liberalized'' Europe.
He claims he amassed his entire collection in just two months.
White has spent seven months in pre-trial custody at Headingley Jail, which was given double-time credit of 14 months. He was seeking to be released immediately with a sentence of time served.
Chartier said further punishment was needed based on the disturbing facts of the case.
White will be deported and placed in the custody of American justice officials after he finishes serving the remaining six months of his sentence. He will be greeted in the U.S. by three felony counts of possession of child pornography seized from his home. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence there of three years behind bars if convicted.
Defence lawyer Ted Mariash told court his client is ashamed and remorseful over what he has done. White has no prior criminal record and has done plenty of good during his religious world travels, he said.
White faced a mandatory year of jail based on his guilty plea under recently amended child pornography legislation. It was only a few years ago that offenders were receiving fines, probation and suspended sentences for this type of crime.WINNIPEG - A U.S. missionary who has travelled the world teaching religion to youth... more
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A great tribute to Mother Theresa for advocating peace, compassion, caring, and welfare of the world.A great tribute to Mother Theresa for advocating peace, compassion, caring, and... more
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