There’s a house—and a lot of hope—going up at the local 4-H Hall in Wichita, Kansas. Groups of volunteers from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), in town for a special 75th anniversary celebration being held at the Ridgepoint Church, were...
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By Andrea Wenger Seven volunteers from the Community Mennonite Church (CMC) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, traveled to Hurley, Virginia for a week in July to help flood survivors recover. CMCers enjoyed the hospitality, beauty, and camaraderie...
At first, it was an ordinary day. Yvonne Rife went to the Dollar General early in the morning to pick up a few things before the store got crowded. “I never dreamed the water would do what it did,” said Rife, a widow who lives alone deep in the...
Sondra Smith, a native of Elkton, Virginia, remembers watching her neighborhood creek as a little girl. “The creek was half the width that it is now,” she said. When Sondra and her husband, Troy, moved back to Elkton 13 years ago after living in...
Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic. Brimming with joy at seeing each other in-person...
Waynesboro, VA — Hurricanes slamming the coast bring damaging winds, torrential rains and can displace thousands of people at a time. Long periods of rain or a series of thunderstorms can cause major flooding that sweep homes off foundations and...
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