In the News ... "First Baptist members comforting distraught locals in Kiev"

Those who are serving in Kiev, Ukraine in the midst of the riots are Troy Chesnut, Jesse Gore, Penny Gore, Kimberly Southall, Spencer Dobbs, Don Norris, Alan Harris, Laurie Wash. Courtesy Photo

By Lyndsay Weaver, Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Kiev, Ukraine’s embattled capital. Government snipers shot back, killing at least 70 people and wounding hundreds of others, according to a protest doctor.

Video footage on Ukrainian television showed shocking scenes Thursday of protesters being cut down by gunfire, lying on the pavement as comrades rushed to their aid. Trying to protect themselves with shields, teams of protesters carried bodies away on sheets of plastic or planks of wood.

As Kiev crumbled and its people were slain in higher numbers on Thursday, the missionary team from Odessa’s First Baptist Church stayed indoors and comforted students and locals who passed through the church where they are staying full-time.

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