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• Spokane missionaries die in Africa air crash

  June 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 A Spokane couple doing missionary work in Africa died over the weekend in a plane crash in northwest Zambia, leaving behind two young children. Jay and Katrina Erickson, who attended … 1

• Spokane missionaries in Zambia die in plane crash

  June 4, 2012 in City, Nation/World A Spokane couple doing missionary work in Africa died over the weekend in a plane crash in northwest Zambia, leaving behind two young children.

• Spokane couple providing learning foundation in Malawi

  April 12, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Most classrooms in Spokane County look the same. Walk in and you’ll see rows of desks and chairs, a whiteboard, stacks of textbooks and cups filled with pencils. But when … 3

• Haiti frees missionary from Boise

  May 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake was freed Monday when a judge convicted …

• US missionary convicted in Haiti but free to go

  May 17, 2010 in Idaho, Nation/World A Haitian court has convicted Boise missionary Laura Silsby of arranging to transport 33 children out of the country following the Jan. 12 earthquake. 3

• Haiti judge: No decision yet on missionaries’ charges

  April 19, 2010 in Idaho, Nation/World The judge investigating 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping for trying to take a busload of children out of Haiti says a decision has not yet been made on whether … 1

• Lawyer: Charges dropped against 9 missionaries

  April 15, 2010 in Nation/World An attorney says Haiti has dropped kidnapping charges against nine of 10 U.S. missionaries arrested taking a busload of children out of the quake-ravaged country. 3

• 8 church workers headed for home

  February 18, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Eight of the 10 American church workers jailed for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without permission after the Jan. 12 earthquake were freed from …

• Haiti judge frees 8 of 10 American missionaries

  February 17, 2010 in Nation/World Eight American missionaries were freed from a Haitian jail Wednesday, nearly three weeks after being charged with kidnapping for trying to take a group of children out of the quake-stricken …

• Mission group testifies in Haiti

  February 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The 10 missionaries facing kidnapping charges in Haiti testified as a group in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before an examining judge but their anticipated release did not …

• Parents say they released kids

  February 10, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely …

• Judge denies early release for US missionaries in Haiti

  February 5, 2010 in Nation/World Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their … 1

• Missionary has history of troubles

  February 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A16 BOISE – The Idaho woman who led a group of 10 Baptists on a mission to help children in Haiti admits to failing to obtain paperwork needed to move 33 … 1

• 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping

  February 5, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries were charged with kidnapping Thursday for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti to a hastily arranged refuge just as officials were …

• Trip inspiring

  April 14, 2007 in Features on Page E3 When missionaries visited the childhood churches of three area women, the visitors instilled in them a commitment to their church and their faith, nourishing a global awareness of bonds with …