MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) _ The husband of one of the eight Americans released yesterday from a Haitian prison says God has helped the families get through a difficult couple of weeks. Eric Thompson spoke with reporters in Meridian, Idaho, as Carla Thompson and her fellow Baptist missionaries were preparing to fly back to the United States. They arrived in Miami early today.

The Thompsons’ pastor, the Rev. Clint Henry, said his congregation at Central Valley Baptist Church will continue to pray for the release of Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter, who await further questioning by the Haitian judge who freed the others. The missionaries were accused of child kidnapping for trying to take 33 Haitian children to the Dominican Republic without proper documents after last month’s earthquake.