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Lonnie Tucker (left), pastor of Stillwater Baptist Church in Hammond, stands beside Les Fogleman, pastor of Wadesboro Baptist Church in Ponchatoula on Aug. 14, 2016. Fogleman cooked a jambalaya lunch for Tucker and his neighbors as they were repairing their flood-damaged homes.

Serving Jesus, flood victims with a pot of jambalaya

August 14, 2016

By Message Staff

HAMMOND – Les Fogleman brought a little sunshine after a dark few days of storms to a fellow Louisiana Baptist pastor and his neighbors on Sunday.

Displaced himself after his home received 10 inches of rainfall, Lonnie Tucker was treated to a jambalaya lunch that was cooked by Fogleman in the Hammond neighborhood. Tucker, who is pastor of Stillwater Baptist Church in Hammond, said the Christ-like gesture allowed him a chance to visit with some of his neighbors for the first time as they all worked to repair their flood-damaged homes.

Tucker said Fogleman, pastor of Wadesboro Baptist Church in Ponchatoula, has always demonstrated true friendship to him.

“So, I wasn’t surprised, but I felt like we were soldiers in the trenches and his covering me by cooking while I was fighting by trying to get my house back together,” he said. You know you always fight better when you know there’s backup.”

Les Fogleman, pastor of Wadesboro Baptist Church in Ponchatoula, cooks a pot of jambalaya for flood victims.

Les Fogleman, pastor of Wadesboro Baptist Church in Ponchatoula, cooks a pot of jambalaya for flood victims.

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