LDS MISSIONARIES
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Friday’s COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga announced that he has granted approval of a charter flight to evacuate from the territory Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints missionaries who remain on island since the closure of American Samoa’s...

![LDS church missionaries are joined by well-wishers at Amata Kabua International Airport in Majuro as they leave for their homes in the U.S. At least 44 missionaries boarded the flight in Majuro earlier this week, which followed a similar number getting on the flight in Tarawa, capital of Kiribati. [photo: Lawrence Muller] LDS church missionaries at Majuro airport](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lds_missionaries_in_majuro.jpg?itok=7XagXgLH)