On Monday morning, following the disaster in Joplin, Missouri, Cindy Nieder, a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Butler, Missouri, got the idea of the church finding a way to help. With the ok of Pastor Christian Cleghorn, she contacted the local radio stations, KMAM-AM and KMOE-FM, and the ball started rolling. By mid-afternoon, the church's Community Life Center building 6,000 square foot main floor was filling up with all kinds of goods. And it expanded, as a mattress company in St. Louis heard about it, and sent a semi-loan of new mattresses. A place in O'Fallon, Illinois heard, and sent a 17-foot-U-Haul trailor of goods.
Meanwhile, it was growing right here at home, as Medicalodge Rest Home gave 300 gallons of water, and more continued from all over the area. What had supposed to be a pick-up truck of items grew into an 18-wheeler full, and the giving wasn't over. Pastor Cleghorn said goods would be loaded this Thursday, and would be taken to Joplin this Friday. The items will be taken to a "Convoy of Hope," an Assembly of God Disaster Relief organization, one of which is located in several cities around the world. The headquarters is in Springfield, but is worldwide. "Convoy of Hope" in Joplin is an authorized drop zone, and can handle all goods. All the Butler church is waiting for is permission from FEMA, to take the goods to Joplin.
(Note: Pastor Cleghorn's cell phone is 424-9224...the Church is located at 901 South Main in Butler, Missouri 64730)
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