These Christians ran toward the danger.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point.

Last Sunday, kidnappers in Haiti abducted 17 Christian missionaries, including five children.

They're part of a Minnicite group called Christian Aid Ministries, which has been working in Haiti for years.

This time, they were building an orphanage in a town east of Port-au-Prince.

Haiti's been ensnared in near total political and social chaos for decades, as the

country's people suffer under inept and corrupt governments, crushing poverty, natural disasters,

and increasingly violent gangs. When news of a shocking abduction like this breaks, it prompts

an honest question for the rest of us. Why would this group of missionaries from Ohio, in fact,

why would anyone keep going back

to a place like Haiti?

There's only one answer that makes sense, because Jesus rose from the dead, because the

gospel is true and real, because Christians are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus

even in the most vulnerable places.

Please join us in praying for the safe return of these courageous brothers and sisters

and for the ongoing suffering of the people in Haiti.

I'm John Stone Street.