For Abe Wiebe of Winkler, Manitoba, service with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Cape Breton was a way to honour his father. “My dad was a servant of the Lord all his life,” he said of his father, also named Abe. The senior Wiebe was a...
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Sometimes it’s the children who do the leading. That’s what happened to Mike and Carolyn Strathdee of Kitchener, Ont. Both of their daughters, now young adults, have done service trips. When the couple heard that Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)...
Eight students received scholarships to serve in Cape Breton Long days and early mornings, and a “ton of manual labour.” That’s one of the things Jared Sumner of Surrey, B.C. remembers about his month in Cape Breton as a student scholarship...
Four congregations in Ontario, B.C. and Manitoba have been approved to receive grants from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Spirit of MDS Fund. In Toronto, Connect City, which is part of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, will use a grant of $5,000...
Jessica Reid-Lynk knew something was wrong when she heard the shingles on her roof flapping. “I got up and looked outside and there were shingles everywhere,” said the mother of three young children about the damage caused when Hurricane Fiona...
I thank God for the opportunities I’ve had to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), most recently last October in Monte Lake, B.C. What I experienced there is hard to put into words, but I will try. At that project, I had the privilege of...
By John Sawatzky When Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) begins a response, we always understand that the homeowners may want to talk about their trauma. That’s what happened in Monte Lake, B.C. in 2022 when MDS responded to the White Rock Lake fire...
Now that I’m back to my regular life at work and home in Ontario, I’ve had some time to reflect and look back on my time with MDS. It was a wonderful experience! Through strong and wise leadership, I gained so much while serving with Mennonite...
“I hope you like your new home.” That was one of the messages a child from the River of Life Community Church (Mennonite Brethren) in Blind Bay, B.C. wrote in a card for families being helped by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Monte Lake....
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