Missionaries stranded by riots in Peru back in U.S.

ARDMORE - All 19 missionaries from a Tennessee church who were stranded by riots in Peru are back on U.S. soil. <br> <br> Eleven members of the Cash Point Baptist Church are riding a bus back from Atlanta and are expected to return early Tuesday afternoon to Ardmore (Tennessee). They flew in Tuesday morning. <br> <br> Deda McCown says the mission team is exhausted but well. And many say they&#39;d return. <br> <br> The mission team&#39;s homecoming was delayed when rioting over the sale of state-owned utilities closed an airport in southeastern Peru. <br> <br> Pastor Kevin Shearer says his group had to bribe demonstrators to remove roadblocks to get to the Arequipa airport. They were trapped there until a military helicopter plucked them out on Sunday. <br> <br> The mission team is expected to attend Wednesday night&#39;s church service. <br> <br> The church is located near the Tennessee-Alabama border.