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Teenage missionary: not your average summer job
The risks are great, but so are the rewards. For over 100 years Canadian Christians have been building schools, healing the sick and feeding the hungry in developing countries. These missionaries honoured their faith by expressing the message of Christianity through humanitarian work. Despite local conflicts and cultural difficulties, missionaries in recent decades have served in the field with courage, humility and the desire to make a difference.
Program: Midday
Broadcast Date: March 18, 1986
Guest(s): Laura Cave
Host: Peter Downie, Valerie Pringle
Reporter: Marion Coomey
Duration: 5:28
Last updated: February 27, 2013
Page consulted on March 28, 2013
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