They were already there. “They made the decision to remain even when it got worse because they felt like if they left, then those kids would have no where to go" Source
They were ambushed by gang members, after helping orphans at a church, in an attempted robbery. They were leaving the church and got attacked on their way home.
This is terrible but I don’t understand why these missionaries go to violent war zones or areas in a state of anarchy.
To shove the bible down people’s throats, which they insist resolves all earthly issues.
They were already there. “They made the decision to remain even when it got worse because they felt like if they left, then those kids would have no where to go" Source
They were ambushed by gang members, after helping orphans at a church, in an attempted robbery. They were leaving the church and got attacked on their way home.
Damn, so genuinely good people caught in the crossfire. I don’t like how so many commenters are shitting all over them here.
Because even if they are doing charity work, the real reason they’re there is to spread the colonizer’s religion and ideas.