According to the Haitibones website, Inter-American Division (IAD) President Elie Henry and his daughter were kidnapped in Haiti on Christmas Eve. The story:
Irma Henry and her father Elie Henry went missing on Christmas Eve while traveling from the Haiti Adventist Hospital to a relative’s house in Felmathe, near Port au Prince.
Irma Henry is a chief of Physical Therapy and has been working at HAH for the last 2 years.
Her parents were on a short holiday visit to Haiti. Irma and her father left the hospital by private vehicle at approximately 6pm last night and never arrived at their expected destination.
Yesterday morning, Elie’s brother who is a neurosurgeon in Port au Prince was contacted by kidnappers who said that they are holding Irma and her father for a ransom of $5 million USD.
We ask for your prayers for this family, May God keep our brother and his daughter safe, and may the kidnappers be brought to justice.
[Editorial update: The administrators of the Inter-American Division Seventh-day Adventist Church have released the following statement:
The Henry family has confirmed that Pastor Elie Henry, a regional spiritual leader of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and his daughter have been detained by unknown persons in Haiti, since the night of December 24, 2020. The Henry family has been in regular contact with Pastor Elie and it is understood that both he and his daughter are doing as well as can be expected, considering the circumstances. Family and others are working diligently to seek a safe and secure return.
The Henry family and the Church ask not to speculate on social media, but to focus energy on having Pastor Henry and his daughter Irma present in their prayers during this time of trial—2:20 PM, Sabbath.]
We will keep you posted as the situation unfolds.
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“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers” (Proverbs 6:16—19).
