News from Laos buoys pastor's supporters; The Rev. Naw-Karl Mua of St. Paul soon will be released from jail, a Laotian diplomat said.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | July 3, 2003| | Copyright

Byline: Terry Collins; Staff Writer

With the Rev. Naw-Karl Mua's release from a Laotian prison reportedly imminent, supporters at a prayer vigil Wednesday said they could feel the St. Paul pastor's presence even though he was thousands of miles away.

"His spirit is here," said the Rev. Marggi Pleiss-Sippola of Beaver Lake Lutheran Church in St. Paul, which shares a building with Mua's Lutheran church, Light of Life.

Those who attended the vigil for the Hmong-American pastor were reacting to the news that he and two European journalists will be ...

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