Missionaries stranded by riots in Peru back in U.S.
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Posted 2:21PM on Tuesday 18th June 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ARDMORE - All 19 missionaries from a Tennessee church who were stranded by riots in Peru are back on U.S. soil. <br>
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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>
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Deda McCown says the mission team is exhausted but well. And many say they'd return. <br>
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The mission team's homecoming was delayed when rioting over the sale of state-owned utilities closed an airport in southeastern Peru. <br>
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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>
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The mission team is expected to attend Wednesday night's church service. <br>
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The church is located near the Tennessee-Alabama border.
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