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Missions Update
Team serves in India, supplies arrive in Africa
Fourteen volunteers representing 10 churches and five districts departed for India on Nov. 4 and were expected to return on Nov. 16. The conference mission team's trip to Hyderabad is the culmination of this summer's Annual Conference missions project, according to Conference Lay Leader and team member Bob Lockaby.
Since June, churches have contributed $127,000 for Hope for Today ministries in India. According to Holston Missions Coordinator Bill Daugherty, the offering will be used primarily to fund a 12-acre center allowing ministry for preschoolers through senior citizens.
"The goal is to nurture the poorest of the poor, with a focus on education and medical care," he said.
Last spring, Holston churches also participated in hands-on projects - collecting food, school, health and medical supplies - for missions in Liberia and Zimbabwe.
According to Daugherty, the supplies have arrived and been distributed in Liberia. The supplies destined for Zimbabwe are still waiting to clear customs. "When you are dealing with a third-world country, you're at their mercy," Daugherty said.
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