Mission group overcomes typhoon to reach out in Philippines
CHAMPAIGN – At least one church missionary team got more than it bargained for this summer.
Eighteen adults and teenagers from Meadowbrook Community Church were hit by a typhoon – a tropical cyclone of wind and water.
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