Davy Lloyd grew up in Haiti with his missionary parents, David and Alicia Lloyd (pictured right). At age 18, he went to the U.S. to attend a Bible college, where he met Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker's daughter, Natalie.
While they were dating, Davy reportedly made clear to Natalie that he felt called to return to Haiti, and after their wedding in June 2022, the couple moved to the island, whose functional government has been crumbling under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince.
He thought he knew how to navigate the anarchy until that fateful day in May 2024, when Davy and Natalie Lloyd (pictured above) and Jude Montis, the local director of Missions In Haiti, Inc., were murdered on their compound in northern Port-au-Prince.
His father, David, recently told VOM Radio that Davy lived his calling as a missionary until he breathed his last breath.
"Every time the shooting would stop, they could hear Davy quoting scriptures," he detailed. "They said his voice was very strong, would echo. It was estimated there were 100 gang guys in our yard that night who heard the gospel."
VOM Radio host Todd Nettleton said it was not their first run-in with the gangs. Just before the shooting, Davy had called to tell his dad that a gang had tied him up and stolen the ministry's trucks and other items. While they were on the phone, another group of heavily armed men stormed the compound.
"First, they came to steal, but then another gang came after the first gang and, for whatever reason, decided to kill," Nettleton relayed.
He said Davy and Natalie were building bridges with the very people who ended up killing them.
"They had a bakery as part of their mission, and they gave bread to people who needed it — regardless of whether they were gang people or not gang people, Christians or not Christians," Nettleton reported.
Losing Davy left the Lloyds with some hard questions, but he said they are trusting God through the "balancing act" of grief.
Missions In Haiti, Inc. is still operating in Haiti. According to the website, the Lloyds do not live there full-time at the moment, but they travel almost monthly to Haiti to check on the kids and staff. The Mission Compound and buildings are currently not being used as the children and staff have been relocated to an area that gangs are not controlling.
"We are praying and believing there will be a day when Missions In Haiti properties will be used again for helping the Haitian people and bringing Glory to God," David writes.
