Summarized by Kent Larsen
Missionaries Swept Into Sea
Salt Lake Tribune 20Jan99
Two LDS Missionaries are missing and presumed drowned on Monday, January
18th in the Canary Islands. Elders Jaarl Michael Papenfuss, 20, of Fountain
Green, Utah, and Joshua Matthew Prymak, 19, Montclair, Virginia were
standing on rocks on the shore when the incoming tide swept them out to sea.
Other missionaries that were with ELders Papenfuss and Prymak notified
authorities and a helicopter search began. The search continued on Tuesday.
The Canary Islands are part of the Spain Las Palmas Mission. The Islands are
Spanish provinces located off the coast of West Africa.
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