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The Salvation Army says 22 volunteers from the Twin Cities are stranded in Ghana because of the volcanic ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland.
Annette Bauer, a public relations director for the Salvation Army, says the mission team has been working at a Salvation Army complex in Woe, Ghana, since April 10. Their flights through Amsterdam to Minneapolis were canceled on Friday and they had to look for a hotel in Accra, Ghana.
"At the latest we must leave Ghana on Monday to catch our flight out of Amsterdam," said Major Darryl Leedom, Salvation Army Twin Cities commander and organizer of the missions trip.
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Bauer says the group has flight confirmation for 19 of the 22 group members, but they have not been able to secure any flights to Amsterdam.
Bauer says the group spent their time in Ghana constructing a roof for the Salvation Army meeting hall and teaching classes to local students. The team, ages ranging from 15 to 77 years old, is made up of Salvation Army employees, local volunteers and church partner members who raised their own funds for the missions trip.
Bauer says although the team is in good spirits, two have become ill, one currently at the hospital for dehydration. The temperature in Accra is 90 degrees with 100% humidity.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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