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A Christian ministry travelled to far lengths helping out the hundreds of thousands of Filipino people affected after a recent typhoon hit the islands. 

On September 25, Super Typhoon Noru, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Karding, hit Vietnam, Thailand, and the Philippines. The storm was the biggest one to hit the area this year and is affecting half a million Filipinos.

Tim Neufeld and his banjo-playing band mates are making their way across Canada on tour and this weekend are stopping at three locations in Manitoba. 

According to lead singer Tim Neufeld, the band hasn't played in Manitoba since 2018. 

"We're so grateful for the freedom to gather again and to see all of our friends," says Neufeld about this cross-Canada tour. "Especially in places like Manitoba where the entire band and crew are originally from. It's about the most important province among the seven of us that are touring right now. We're excited to come back."

PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — It is, according to UNESCO, the oldest public library in the Americas, tucked away from the street front at a cultural center in the historic heart of this Mexican city. Those who enter the Palafoxiana Library for the first time — seeing the high, vaulted ceiling and gold-framed painting of the Virgin Mary — might think they’ve arrived at a chapel. 

The stepbrother of music legend Elvis Presley is opening up about the artist's faith, a side many people often didn't see.

Billy Stanley, the stepbrother to Presley, released a memoir this week called The Faith of Elvis. 

Almost 40 people have died after Thailand's deadliest shooting rampage in its history and most of the victims were children. 

A former police officer, who had been let go of his duties earlier this year due to drug abuse, shot his way into a daycare in northern Thailand yesterday.

According to news reports, a witness shared that the daycare staff saw this man approaching and locked the door. However, he shot through the door before opening fire on the children and staff present. 

A sea captain almost ended his life while awash at sea until God intervened and now he's sharing his testimony bringing hope to any who will listen. 

Captain Johnny Savage was 27-year-olds when he ventured out on a 350-mile boat trip from Key West, Florida, to Cancun, Mexico. Savage was onboard the 56-foot sports fishing boat with Captain Eric Bingham. The boating expedition was 24 years ago but the impact on Savage's life remains today. 

At the beginning of their fateful trip, the men decided against putting an emergency locator or life raft in the boat's cockpit. 

Many women struggle with the voice in their head that tells them they are not enough, not smart enough, not pretty enough, not capable enough, and not present enough.

Denisse Copeland is one of the many women to feel that way. She was raised by a single mother in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Her upbringing offered little stability, and Denisse soon found herself on a seemingly endless quest to find love and acceptance. 

Israeli archaeologists recently discovered a burial cave that could date as far back as 3,300 years to the time of Ramesses II in Egypt. 

Pharaoh Ramesses II is thought to be the pharaoh from the biblical story of the Exodus from Egypt from the Bible. 

After they found the site, Eli Yannai, an expert on the Bronze Age at the Israel Antiquities Authority, studied the pottery found inside. 

"[It's a] find of a lifetime," says Yannai. "It’s like a set from ‘Indiana Jones’ — a cave with vessels on the floor that haven’t been touched for 3,300 years."

Protests are continuing in Iran after a woman was killed for wearing her hijab improperly.

On September 16, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was arrested by morality police in the northern Tehran region of Iran for wearing a hijab improperly. Later, her family shared that she died after allegedly being hit multiple times in the head. This has caused people to protest for more rights. 

Sheila Walsh is the author of more than 30 books that have sold nearly six million copies. A household name in faith circles, most would be surprised to learn about Sheila’s battle with clinical depression—one that landed her in a psychiatric hospital alone and continues in many ways to this day.