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Church helps with aid to Russian city

Published: Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001

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Missionaries unload humanitarian aid items off truck in Russia.

A 37,000-pound container loaded with beans, flour, quilts, blankets, clothing and shoes arrived in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Aug. 2. Ten missionaries and a humanitarian service missionary couple promptly unloaded the goods that will be used among the 2 million residents of Nizhny which is located on the confluence of the Oka and Volga Rivers.