I always wonder in cases like this if it is okay at all to leave the local missionaries there if is that dangerous? I mean if is not safe for North Americans why should it be safe for the rest?
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SALT LAKE CITY 16 September 2008 Some 102 North American missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in Bolivia have been transferred to missions outside the country. The transfer was taken in consultation with US government representatives in Bolivia and with the cooperation of Bolivian immigration authorities as a precautionary measure during the present unsettled conditions there. The Church used commercial and charter flights to transfer most of the missionaries. Evacuation of the missionaries began last weekend and was completed by Monday night. All of the transferred missionaries will serve for the time being in Peru. The Church expects them to return when conditions become more settled.... |