Although I am not a member of a Lutherin church, it still saddened me greatly to read of the death of one of God's chosen at the hands of thugs. The thugs can no more stop the spread of God's Word than they can stop the sun from rising every morning and setting in the evening. As a Christian, I can and will pray for all the priest, pastors and missionaries in all of South America as they run into more and more opposition from govt. and guerilla forces.