Bluffton University student Colin Burba, 22, served with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in St. Louis, Missouri, because he was inspired “by the chance to serve others with my gifts that have been gifted to me by God, and the opportunity to visit...
The fire destroyed our home on November 17, 2024,” Aleeshia Haskell said. “Only three years after we bought the place. That house was a catastrophe when we got it. We completely rebuilt it. We did the work. I did the plumbing, and my husband did...
Ms. Maura couldn’t see who was working on her new home in Hargill, Texas—but she could hear the sounds of hope. With fading vision caused by diabetes, she took her husband’s arm as they stood in front of their home, simply smiling together...
The sixth grader tightened the grip on her purse as I approached. The purse was made of pink overlapping sequins. At its top, a unicorn’s horn emerged. A strap secured it around her neck. Amongst this group of older white men, it provided...
As volunteers from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) began working on two new homes in Trotwood, Ohio in May, they were helping tornado survivors unlock the door to owning a home for the first time. When tornadoes struck the community, located just...
Two homes in the mountains of West Virginia are nearly ready for occupancy, four years after floodwaters decimated communities and upended lives there. MDS volunteers built the 1,000-foot modular homes by working inside a warehouse tucked in the...
There’s a job card is on its way to Strasburg, Ohio, signed by a flood survivor from West Virginia, about to give the official “go-ahead” for a creative MDS response that will occur safely even amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s a tall...
Mennonite Disaster Service – Western Ohio Unit responds to recent natural disasters Thank you to everyone who made Saturday, June 22nd, a day of “rebuilding hope” in a small Dayton Ohio neighborhood. Volunteers came from multiple...
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