A Christian missionary in Central America was shot and killed March 28 during a robbery

Christian Century, April 19, 2003

* A Christian missionary in Central America was shot and killed March 28 during a robbery. Todd Fields, 41, had been a missionary for 13 years with Global Outreach International of Tupelo, Mississippi. His parents, Bob and Edwina Fields of Mount Vernon, Kentucky, are retired missionaries to Israel from the Southern Baptist International Mission Board.

Todd Fields, who was serving as a missionary in Honduras, was driving a group of middle and high school students to a retreat in Guatemala when a group of robbers shot Fields to force the van to stop. "Todd saw the guns and realized what was happening," said Norm Lytle, a friend of the family. "They tried to force him off the road, and he resisted."