[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19088]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        NEW TRIBES MISSIONARIES

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of three 
courageous, humble men, three missionaries with New Tribes Missions of 
Central America, who served God and the people around them in a truly 
heroic way: Mr. Mark Rich, Mr. David Mankins, and Mr. Richard Tenenoff 
worked in a small village in Panama along the Colombian border.
  In January of 1993, armed guerillas from the FARC kidnapped these 
three men in front of their wives, young families and friends and held 
them hostage. Reliable reports now suggest that the men were shot a few 
years after being taken into captivity.
  The service of Mark, Dave and Rich and their families in moving to a 
region of the world fraught with violence and difficulty in daily 
living when they could have stayed in the United States and lived a 
comfortable life is a great example to their children and to this 
Nation what it means to give of ourselves and take seriously the words 
``To whom much is given, much will be required.''
  This past weekend, a memorial service was held mourning the loss and 
celebrating the lives of these faithful men, indeed, men for whom the 
world is not worthy.

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