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Take action on behalf of a disappeared Pastor Reyes in Colombia It’s been eighteen months since Idia Miranda last spoke to her husband, pastor William Reyes, who has not been seen or heard from since he disappeared in northeast Colombia on 25 September 2008. Last year, Idia and her children William, Luz Nelly and Estefania were displaced to another part of the country because of fears for their safety. Since early 2009, a series of worrying developments led to the decision to move Idia and her children to another part of the country.
In January 2009, a man arrived at the Light and Truth Church asking for Idia. When he was told she wasn’t there, he requested her home address and mobile number, which were not given to him. He left a message that it was “in her best interests to get in touch with him, rather than for him to have to find her”. Just a week later, William and Idia’s sixteen-year-old daughter Luz Nelly was approached in the street by a stranger, who told her she should go with him if she wanted to see her father again. When the man attempted to grab her arm, Luz Nelly fled. One month later, unidentified armed men allegedly entered another Christian church, just a few blocks from the Light and Truth Church, and forcibly removed a female parishioner. In the midst of these difficult circumstances, Idia has repeatedly expressed her appreciation for the prayers and letters of encouragement that she has received from around the world.
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