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Missionaries obey order to leave Venezuelan jungle

CARACAS, Venezuela - U-S missionaries accused by Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez of spionage have until Sunday to leave their remote outposts among
jungle tribes.

<b>A spokesman for the missionaries says, "They're all shattered, some of them
depressed."</b>

<b>New Tribes Mission</b> spokeswoman Nita Zelenak (NEE'-tuh ZEL'-uh-nak) says 35 missionaries have relocated to urban areas while they appeal the expulsion
order, <b>some after decades of evangelism and Bible translation work</b>. It's
unclear when Venezuela's Supreme Court will hear the case.

New Tribes has denied Chavez's charge that it's been spying for the C-I-A
and foreign mining and pharmaceutical firms, and has offered to open its
jungle missions to government inspectors.

<b>Since the expulsion order, Zelenak says some indigenous people have shown a
greater interest in the gospel and have stepped forward to take leadership
in the tribal churches. </b>

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