An American missionary pilot and two other men who were jailed in Mozambique for more than four months have been released from prison

Ryan Koher and two South Africans, W.J. du Plessis and Eric Dry, left prison late Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S.-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship.

Koher is said to be “doing well” following his release and has spoken multiple times with his wife, Annabel, and his two sons since his release.

All three men are required to remain in Mozambique and the case is still ongoing. 

Saying the organization is grateful to the courts in Mozambique for this decision, MAF is continuing to learn more about next steps in the case from legal counsel.

Koher and the two other MAF volunteers were arrested last November while preparing to help load vitamins and other supplies on a plane bound for an orphanage in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province in Mozambique.

To date, no charges have been filed in what is still an ongoing investigation.

Koher’s release appeared to be an answer to prayer after his wife Annabel told The Christian Post last week that while she was unsure how the legal process would play out, she has been praying for God to use Koher’s time in prison for His glory and bring him safely back to his family.

Since 2017, a rebel group believed to have links to the Islamic State has seized villages, churches and mosques in the northern region of the African nation, leaving hundreds dead.

Over the last five years, about 1 million people have fled their villages in Cabo Delgado as war rages between security forces and insurgents.