Meanwhile, back at the mission's headquarters nobody noticed that anything was wrong until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when Paul had a Bible study scheduled with someone. No Paul! That was very unusual. By 7:30 it had been dark for quite a while, and everyone knew something was wrong. Jungle planes didn't fly after dark. Also, the radio had been silent all afternoon. No news, no plane, no idea what might be wrong -- it was time to do something.

That night they reported the missing plane and called the main New Tribes Mission office in North America. From there people called the missionaries' relatives and a few churches. Soon many people were praying for Tim, Bunny, Paul, and Steve, even before they knew exactly what to pray for.

When Steve's wife, Betsy, heard that something was wrong, she decided not to tell the children anything until the next day -- maybe then the mission would know more exactly what was going on.

But the children had been hearing other people talk. At bedtime, they asked their mother what had happened.

Nine-year-old Kimberly had tears in her eyes. "You mean guerrillas might be holding Daddy?" she asked.

But God had been preparing the children.

They had been reading a book called, All Things--Even Frisky.

It was about a kidnapping and showed how true Romans 8:28 is. Remember? "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God...."

Kimberly told her mom about the story of Frisky and said, "So we know this is all going to work out for good. too." A little later, she was asleep.

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