Missing missionaries found unharmed

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique — Two missionaries missing since Monday on the tiny Caribbean island of Martinique have been found unharmed by a farmer.

Church officials say Tyson Delmar Gray of Taylorsville, Utah, and Thomas Levi Swain, a British citizen from New Zealand, got disoriented in dense foliage and difficult terrain on a hike of 4,600-foot Mount Pelee.

A local farmer found them at 8:30 a.m. local time Thursday.

Swain has been on a mission for 18 months, and Gray for six months. The island of Martinique is part of the West Indies Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s one of 348 missions with over 53,000 full-time missionaries throughout the world.

Mount Pelee is a popular attraction in the French Caribbean island. The volcano, which is still active, erupted in 1902, killing tens of thousands of people. The most recent serious eruption was in 1932.

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