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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents. The Baptist church members from Idaho called it a "Haitian Orphan Rescue Mission," meant to save abandoned children from the chaos following Haiti's earthquake. Their plan was to scoop up 100 kids and take them by bus to a rented hotel at a beach resort in the Dominican Republic, where they planned to establish an orphanage. Whether they realized it or not, these Americans — the first known to be taken into custody since the Jan. 12 earthquake — put themselves in the middle of a firestorm in Haiti, where government leaders have suspended adoptions amid fears that parentless or lost children are more vulnerable than ever to child trafficking. "In this chaos the government is in right now we were just trying to do the right thing," the group's leader, Laura Silsby told The Associated Press at the judicial police headquarters in the capital, where the Americans were being held pending a Monday hearing before a judge. Silsby said they only had the best of intentions and paid no money for the children. She said her group obtained them through a well-known Haitian pastor named Jean Sanbil of the Sharing Jesus Ministries. Silsby, 40, of Boise, Idaho, was asked if she didn't consider it naive to cross the border without adoption papers at a time when Haitians are so concerned about child trafficking. "By no means are we any part of that. That's exactly what we are trying to combat," she said. Social Affairs Minister Yves Cristallin told reporters the Americans were suspected of taking part in an illegal adoption scheme. Cristallin said the 33 children were lodged late Saturday at an SOS Children's Village outside of Port-au-Prince. SOS Children's Villages is a global nonprofit based in Austria. Many children in Haitian orphanages aren't actually orphans but have been abandoned by family who cannot afford to care for them. Advocates both here and abroad caution that with so many people unaccounted for, adoptions should not go forward until it can be determined that the children have no relatives who can raise them. UNICEF and other NGOs have been registering children who may have been separated from their parents. Relief workers are locating children at camps housing the homeless around the capital and are placing them in temporary shelters while they try to locate their parents or a more permanent home. The U.S. Embassy in Haiti sent consular officials, who met with the detained Americans and gave them bug spray and MREs to eat, according to Sean Lankford of Meridian, Idaho, whose wife and 18-year-old daughter were being held. "They have to go in front of a judge on Monday," Lankford told The Associated Press. "There are allegations of child trafficking and that really couldn't be farther from the truth," he added. The children "were going to get the medical attention they needed. They were going to get the clothes and the food and the love they need to be healthy and to start recovering from the tragedy that just happened." Haiti has imposed new controls on adoptions since the earthquake, which left thousands of children separated from their parents or orphaned. The government now requires Prime Minister Max Bellerive to personally authorize the departure of any child as a way to prevent child trafficking. Silsby said they had documents from the Dominican government, but did not seek any paperwork from the Haitian authorities before taking 33 children from 2 months to 12 years old to the border, where Haitian police stopped them Friday evening. She said the children were brought to the pastor by distant relatives, and that the only ones to be put up for adoption would be those without close family to care for them. The 10 Americans include members of the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho and the East Side Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho, as well as people from Texas and Kansas. Idaho friends and relatives have been in touch with them through text messages and phone calls, Lankford said. "The plan was never to go adopt all these kids. The plan was to create this orphanage where kids could live. And kids get adopted out of orphanages. People go down and they're going to fall in love with these kids, and many of these kids will end up getting adopted." "Of course I'm concerned for my wife and my daughter," he added. "They were hoping to make a difference and be able to help those kids." The group described their plans on a Web site where they also asked for tax-deductible contributions, saying they would "gather" 100 orphans and bus them to the Dominican resort of Cabarete, before building a more permanent orphanage in the Dominican town of Magante. "Given the urgent needs from this earthquake, God has laid upon our hearts the need to go now vers

Resolved Question: where can i get gm email and phone numbers to lodge complaints about a dealer?

and if i could find out who there regional gm rep is would be awesome, i hate edmark chevrolet in boise idaho, there so lame

Resolved Question: Budget snow vacation!?

Hi. My wife and I are new to the Portland area. I want to take her on at least a three day four night trip to go snowboarding, I had some places in mind like Mt.Bachelor(been there once for the day and loved it), Not sure about the resorts in WA state, and I think Canada and Idaho are pretty expensive. The thing is we would like it on the cheap, and I know that snow anything costs a lot. But I am looking at ideas, so if anyone knows or can recommend a place where they had a good experience, lodging; ski-lift ticket; surroundings etc. please let me know. Thank you.

Resolved Question: what all do i have to do to recieve TLE lodging expense reimbursement from the air force?

my husband is e1 rank, we are moving on orders to our first base. it will take me a total of five days to travel, im going from alabama to idaho in a moving truck.how does the air force go about reimbursing me for my lodging?

Resolved Question: Have you ever heard of an annual festival in Idaho called...?

...The Rock Creek Lodge Testicle Festival? (I won 1st AND 2nd Place, don't ya know?)

Resolved Question: which amusement/water park is more fun?

Okay so this summer, my family and I want to go to an amusement park in Washington. Which amusement park do you think is more fun? Great Wolf Lodge or Silverwood ?(which is acually right in Idaho). We are trying to decide. Thanks! :)

Resolved Question: Some brief American History 10 Points Best Answer?

1. (2-sentences) What was the complaint lodged by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce in Idaho? (p 402) 2. (1-sentence) Explain what happened to Chief Joseph and his followers. (p 402) 3. (2-sentences) Summarize the message contained in Chief Joseph's speech on p 402 4. (4-sentences) What happened on the Lakota Sioux reservation in 1890? (p 402) 5. (2-sentences) Why did federal authorities ban the Ghost Dance (p 402-403) 6. (2-sentences) Discuss the outcome of Tragedy at Wounded Knee. (p 403) 7. (1-sentence) Explain the message of Helen Hunt Jackson's book A Century of Dishonor (p 403)

Resolved Question: What is the owner liability for a private airstrip in Oregon if it is opened up to the public?

The Question: What is the liability of a family/small business (lodge with cabins) if you allow other pilots to land on your strip and there is a crash? The Backstory: We have an airstrip on our property in Southern Oregon. It has always been designated an emergency strip, meaning we can fly in and out, but everyone else only lands there if it's an "emergency". Well, we recently told a random guy who inquired about landing there, "It's an emergency strip, but we wont tell anyone if you land there," and shortly after he put our strip on a list of landing spots opened to the public, albeit it with a "technically it's emergency only" tag. W e started getting a steady 1 plane a week. We asked the website owner to take our strip off the list and he complied, but we are still getting some traffic. We run a lodge on the property and rent rooms and cabins, and so if we could open it up to people and let everyone fly in, we'd love to, but what happens if someone crashes? It is a pretty tricky landing (as most airstrips in the mountains are). I've read that Montana and Idaho have basically passed laws that say airstrips are "land at your own risk", but I'm hoping someone can tell me what the policy is for Oregon, or where to find it. Google searches have been so far, unsuccessful. Thank you!

Resolved Question: Does anyone know anything about the King Lake View room at the Shore Lodge Hotel in McCall Idaho?

I'm staying at the Shore Lodge for a snowboarding trip and i wanna know what the King Lake View room is like, if you have any pictures they would be greatly appreciated.

Resolved Question: Summer Seasonal Employment?

My fiance and I are thinking of doing a seasonal job next summer somehwere in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming. The only problem is that we have a cat and are not willing to leave him behind. Does anyone know of a lodge/ranch that allows seasonal employees to bring pets? We're looking for like a dude ranch/fly fishing lodge/white water rafting lodge etc.... thank you in advance for any help you might offer thank you michael b for that lovely little bit of insight...not what i was looking for or asking about but thanks for adding your 2 cents worth!!! back to my question...ranches, lodges, anything that is only open for a season i.e. summer lodges that cater to the summer tourists traveling through national parks...they are always hiring for summer employment... we live north of seattle...our lease is up on our apartment the end of april and if we don't renew it we have to be out by like the 2nd week of may...we don't really care where it is, just as long as they let us room together and have the cat...