We had no idea when we left Oklahoma City in the morning
that we would end up eating barbeque in Little Rock and visiting Central High
School, home of the Little Rock Nine. It
was one of those unplanned, spontaneous gifts of grace that just happen. Our
trip has been full of such moments.
We arrived at Barbie and Jim Pemberton’s home in the
southeast corner of Missouri around 6pm after a long day of driving. Senath (pronounced
“See-neth”) Missouri is a cotton-farming town, and the Pemberton family farms cotton on 280
acres of land. We were treated to a party in our honor, as Christopher’s mom,
Petra, was an exchange student with the Pemberton’s in the 1980’s. It felt like
we had come home, even though we had never been to this place or met these people
before.
On Sunday, we will drive 11 hours home to Detroit.
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