Stillwater foundation helps with search and rescue, wilderness safety, and grief Written By: Steve Gardiner | × David and Jon Francis went on their first trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area when Jon was 8 years old. Photo courtesy of David Francis STILLWATER, Minn. -- When David Francis answered the phone on July 16, 2006, he heard the words that would be any parent’s nightmare. His son Jon was missing. Jon was working as a youth minister in Ogden, Utah. It was a part-time job, so he was spending the summer as a counselor at the Luther Heights Bible Camp near Ketchum, Idaho.