Prayer request for Jim Allen from Amarillo.

[COOPER]

Jim Allen is a customer and friend from Amarillo.

He is one of the eleven held in Haiti for alleged kidnapping of Children.

Word is they are being treated rough by the Haitians.

They are requesting water, food, blankets and visitation.

If anyone can help with prayer or even contact in Haiti; Jim and his group need it desperately.

Thanks, Cooper

[Sister Alvear]

sure will pray....where is Mr. Obama when he is needed? He should stop all help until these people are freed...at least that is my opinion.

[COOPER]

sure will pray....where is Mr. Obama when he is needed? He should stop all help until these people are freed...at least that is my opinion.

Thanks, Sis. Alvear.

[Sister Alvear]

Unless you have seen 3rd world jails and prisons and know their down deep jealousy for America most will never understand...we really need to pray for these people.

[COOPER]

Here is a link to the story......

This is the pickle they are all in..

The Americans have said they were just trying to help the children leave the earthquake-stricken country. A January 12 earthquake flattened Haiti's capital and killed more than 200,000 people.

"Except for Laura -- the group's leader, who took the responsibility to displace these 33 children, fully knowing she didn't have any legal document that would allow her to do so -- the other nine American citizens didn't know anything about what was going on and I remain convinced that they would not have given their accord," Coq told CNN.



http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/07/haiti.arrests/index.html?iref=allsearch

[Sherri]

As Missions Director for our ministry, I feel deeply for these people. Other than the leader, they probably are all totally innocent and were just caught in a bad spot. I pray that they will find favor with the jailers, like Joseph did. The jail they are in is probably about as bad as the one he was in back in Old Testament times.

[Sister Alvear]

so true...we all need to pray for these people.

[Fiyahstarter]

sure will pray....where is Mr. Obama when he is needed? He should stop all help until these people are freed...at least that is my opinion.

With this I AGREE. Pressure, Mr. President. Pressure.

[COOPER]

Local Amarillo news link on the story of Jim Allen

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/020110/new_news2.shtml

[COOPER]

http://media.amarillo.com/videos/videoHolder.php?mov=haiti.flv

Please watch video of Lisa Allen, wife of Jim Allen

[COOPER]

Web-posted Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
By The Associated Press
newsroomfb@amarillo.com



PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - 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 they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said.

The parents' testimony means no law was broken and "we can't talk any more about trafficking of human beings," attorney Aviol Fleurant told reporters.

He said he was "confident" the judge will dismiss the case.

Nine of the Americans, most from an Idaho church group, have now been interviewed by the judge, who is to decide whether they will stand trial. The judge did not speak with reporters.

The Americans were charged with kidnapping and criminal association last week for trying to take 33 children into the neighboring Dominican Republic on Jan. 29 without proper documentation.

The Baptist missionaries say they were heading to a Dominican orphanage following Haiti's devastating quake, and had only good intentions.

Their leader, Laura Silsby, of Meridian, Idaho, told The Associated Press the day after their arrest that the children were obtained from orphanages and distant relatives.

However, the parents of some them told the AP last week that they gave their children willingly to the missionaries with the understanding that the kids would be educated and relatives could visit them.

Silsby was the only American not to appear in court on Tuesday.

The lawyer who represented the missionaries until last week said Silsby deceived the rest of the group and that everyone but her should go free.

One of the Baptists, Jim Allen of Amarillo, Texas, was represented Tuesday by a separate lawyer.

Flaurent said the Americans would be back in court Wednesday.

The Americans' original Haitian lawyer was fired Friday for allegedly attempting to bribe their way out of jail without their knowledge.:thumbsup:thumbsup

[pastorrush]

i will pray