Lessons on The Missionary Controversy

Here is a link to the first part of the lesson, which includes the reading passages and the first part of the writing assignment.

Here is a link to the second part of the lesson, which includes the speaking prompts and the second part of the writing assignment.

Here is a link to a podcast regarding ten missionaries who were arrested in Haiti after the earthquake last year. Listen carefully and answer the following questions:

1. What is the recent development in the story of the ten missionaries who were arrested in Haiti for trying to take orphanages to the Dominican Republic?
2. Why was the missionaries’ Haitian lawyer fired?
3. According to the podcast, how has the congregation in Idaho responded to public interest in the case?
4. What were the missionaries lacking when trying to take the children out of the country?
5. What does the speaker suggest about the change in public opinion in the community from which the missionaries came?

Next, go to this page to read more about the situation. On this page you will also find a link to a you tube video in which the speaker defends the actions of the missionaries. Listen carefully to the stream and compose a one paragraph summary in response to the following question.

What reasons are given to defend the actions of the missionaries in Haiti?