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Tom Benz sits with a team of missionaries, their heads lowered as he prays for the group of orphans they will minister to that day. 

Outside, it is cold, as several feet of snow covers the ground at Volodarka Internat orphanage. Children slowly make their way to the dining facility for breakfast, where they will meet the Millbrook-based Bridges of Faith mission team for the first time.

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