Sunday, 1/6/13 - Arriving in Joplin

We had a good bus trip.  It took us about 8 1/2 hours to get here - we watched a few movies, several girls knit scarves, and many of us got some reading done.  We arrived in Joplin at Abundant Life at about 4:30.  Debbie, one of the staff members here, told us a little bit of their history.  They've been housing volunteers here since the first night after the tornado.

We brought our bags to our bunk rooms:

Were shown the shower trucks:

We ate supper (spaghetti, bread & salad):

Then we made a Wal-Mart run.  We needed some supplies to make our sack lunches tomorrow morning, and students bought a few snacks.  Even in the dark, we could figure out that the area that Wal-Mart was in had been re-built after the tornadoes.  All of the buildings were brand new, there were only very small trees, and many of the side-streets had no street lights.  It will be interesting to see everything in the daylight tomorrow.

Now we're hanging out - playing Jenga, Farkle, etc.  Breakfast is at 7:00 tomorrow morning.  We're all excited to see what the day will bring!