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Silsby's records also show she personally has some unpaid state tax bills dating to 2003 and other debt from civil judgments and state tax liens filed by the state against Personal Shopper Inc. She owes more than $1,300 to the state in back taxes; the biggest civil judgment is for $4,500 in 2009, owed to a Boise law firm. Henry told reporters Sunday that the organization and the mission is separate from the 25-year-old church, which has been involved in at least 100 different mission trips involving construction projects and assisting in medical relief efforts both in the United States and overseas. Some of the previous missions were to Haiti. But this was the church's first mission involving the creation of an orphanage, said Drew Ham, an assistant pastor at Central Valley Baptist Church. Since the Americans were detained, pastors at the church said they've been getting backlash through obscenity laced phone calls and faxes, condemning the group leading the rescue mission. "People come back and say, 'How could you be stealing children?'" said Drew Ham, an assistant pastor at Central Valley Baptist Church. Henry told the congregation Sunday that he hoped at least some of those detained will be released Monday. Another detainee is Drew Culberth, a part-time youth pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. James Keller, the church's pastor, said the church willingly gave him time off to go on the trip since his firefighting experience and EMT training would make him a valuable addition to the mission team. From the group's perspective, they believed they had the proper paperwork, Keller said. "I am just hoping they will resolve the issue and be able to get back to the mission and come home," he said. "We know God is a big God and he can help us. What more would you ask for?"
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