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Joplin Trip — May 18-20

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Communications Staff

As our team arrived in Joplin, the city was marking the one-year anniversary of the tornado in a variety of ways. Four of our members participated in the Joplin Memorial Half Marathon and 5K race on Saturday morning and preparations … Continue reading →

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Joplin Trip – November 4-5, 2011

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Communications Staff

We returned to the same home for our final two days in Joplin, where we continued to hang sheet rock. We shared work with volunteers from Lafayette Park United Methodist Church in St. Louis and met other area residents who … Continue reading →

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Joplin Trip – November 3, 2011

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Communications Staff

Snowy showers left early, making for an easy trip down to Joplin. We met with our team leaders, who took us to the house we will be working on during our stay. The house will be a parsonage for a … Continue reading →

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Joplin Day Trip – July 2, 2011

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Communications Staff

It was a day that I will not soon forget.  Working with the folks from COR was good. The structural devastation was hard to comprehend and that many people lived through the storm was a miracle. God was there during … Continue reading →

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Joplin, June 25, 1011

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Communications Staff

Mission Team Journal: On our day trip, we had two assignments.  The first was on a side of town that seemed less destroyed.  The family had their windows boarded up and their (what I assumed to be) pet ducks in … Continue reading →

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