Tonight we were invited to join Pastor Joe and his small group for dinner and bible study. We had the most amazing pot luck feast. Pasta and meatballs, ribs, mashed potatoes and gravy, pizza, some kind of rice, baked beans, lasagna, and more. There was even this giant fillet of spoon fish, which was delicious. Plus strawberry breads, coca-cola cake, and other desserts. What a spread!!
While there, we heard stories of the tornado, where people were when it hit, and more. There is a coffee table book you can get in the bookstore or online called 32 Minutes in May: The Joplin Tornado, which had some really amazing pictures of all of the damage. After driving around today, it’s really amazon how much work has already been done to clean this place up, but there is still plenty of restoring left to do. I’m really looking forward to seeing what is in store for us tomorrow.
Here is a picture of Pastor Joe and his wife Donna.
