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Article: WORLD CHANGERS TEAMS WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO ASSIST CITIZENS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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SHREVEPORT, La., July 27 -- The office of the Shreveport Mayor issued the following news release:
Their prayer is for a dry, sunny summer day so that Tuesday, July 28, 2009 the young people of the World Changers program can do what they came here to do and that is to assist local residents in need of home repairs.
World Changers is a coeducational missions program - a ministry of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conference. This year they are a hearty and committed group of 250 youngsters from across the country.
"Unfortunately all they've seen since their arrival is rain," says local coordinator Wendell Collins. "They're so anxious that if the weather clears up this ...