VIBURNUM – She had a 6-foot-wide hole in her roof and a 55-gallon drum catching rainwater in her living room. Retired after 35 years in the Viburnum school district and now living with her son who was diagnosed with cancer, Love Thy Neighbor gave this elderly widow a...
Dozens of volunteers in the town of Viburnum, Missouri, spend hours, days and sometimes weeks fixing the houses of their neighbors for free. There are no stoplights in Viburnum, Missouri. And there are no strangers. “You know everybody here. Everybody knows each...
VIBURNUM – Caring for the community prompted the growing ministry, “Love Thy Neighbor,” started by First Baptist Church of Viburnum. “We wanted to establish a large-scale construction-based ministry for our community,” Justin Perry, pastor, said. “Although we are a...
