By Lyndsay Weaver, Reporter
Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - Just days ago, the eight members of a missionary team from First Baptist Church of Odessa were living in a church in the midst of a violent revolution in Kiev, Ukraine, but today they’re all home, safe and recovering from the 22-hour flight.
Around 10 p.m. Sunday night, they were greeted by family and friends at Midland International Airport.
“It was heart-warming, and a little overwhelming to see the response from friends and family there to greet us,” First Baptist Missions Pastor Jesse Gore said on Monday morning.
The team of eight joined 12 other Americans in Kiev nearly three weeks ago to teach conversational English through an international Christian ministry program. For Gore, it was his 10th time to the Ukraine.
This trip would prove to be most impassioned ...
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