(CMR) An American couple who were missionaries in Haiti were killed after being shot in Port-au-Prince by gang members last Thursday, 23 May.
The tragedy comes just one day after US President Joe Biden met with the Kenyan president, pledging support for plans to send a U.N.-backed police force to Haiti, the Associated Press reported
The couple, Davy and Natalie Lloyd, and Jude Montis, who was the country’s director of Missions In Haiti Inc., were shot and killed while leaving a youth group activity held at a local church, a family member told AP.
Missions in Haiti’s website says its goal is “to see the Gospel of Christ make a difference in the lives of Haiti’s young people.”
Davy Lloyd’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd, of Oklahoma, started the organization in 2000, seeking to focus on the children of Haiti. David and Alicia Lloyd are full-time missionaries in the country.
“Although the entire nation is steeped in poverty, the children suffer the worst. Thousands are malnourished, uneducated, and headed for hopeless lives apart from Christ,” they wrote on the website.
Davy’s sister, Hannah Cornett, told AP they grew up in Haiti. Davy went to the US to attend a Bible college and married Natalie in June 2022. After the wedding, the couple wasted little time moving to Haiti to do humanitarian work.