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Dick Keezer (left), a church member and flood victim, prays with his pastor, the Rev. Steve Gillmore (center) of First Lutheran Church, Neosho, Mo., the Rev. Michael Meyer, manager of LCMS Disaster Response, and the Rev. Greg Mech (right), pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Mo., during a visitation with Keezer at his flood-damaged home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Neosho. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford

Dick Keezer (left), a church member and flood victim, prays with his pastor, the Rev. Steve Gillmore (center) of First Lutheran Church, Neosho, Mo., the Rev. Michael Meyer, manager of LCMS Disaster Response, and the Rev. Greg Mech (right), pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Joplin, Mo., during a visitation with Keezer at his flood-damaged home on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Neosho. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford