Houston-Based Missionaries Escape War-Torn Georgia

HOUSTON-BASED MISSIONARIES ESCAPE WAR-TORN GEORGIA

MyFox Houston
12 Aug 2008, 12:06 PM CDT
TX

A group of five teachers are lucky to have evacuated from the
war-torn republic of Georgia when they did and are very happy to be
on Houston soil.

The group arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport on Monday night,
much to the relief of their families.

They had been visiting Georgia on a church mission to teach English
when Russia invaded the country.

The group quickly made flight arrangements, but even that became more
of an adventure than they expected.

One member of the group, Ethan Collins, said they had already boarded
a passenger jet for a flight out of Georgia when Russian bombs began
falling close to the airport.

The airline made the passengers quickly get off the plane and announced
the flight was canceled.

The airline had a change of heart after a few hours and allowed
passengers to board again. This time the plane was able to take
off safely.

The missionaries believe they may have been on the last passenger
jet out of Georgia.

Collins said two other members of the group had already flown out of
Georgia on Saturday, but there are four other missionaries in their
group who boarded a US State Department convoy evacuating Americans to
Armenia. That group is expected to fly back to Houston in a few days.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS