Jodell Payseno was curious about the goings-on at Camp Palisades. As a high-end remodeler and builder in Jackson, Wyoming, he tends to notice construction projects. What he found when he stopped by the camp was a group of MDS volunteers busily...
At a Friends of MDS reception held during MennoCon last week in Kansas City, volunteers, partners, and future volunteers gathered to enjoy some snacks—and talk about why disaster recovery is so important in today’s world. MDS Executive...
By Lois Wenger Rollie Ulrich, of Syracuse, Indiana, has been the Project Director on six or seven sites since he started in 2019. But you can tell from his photo that he had time to get a lot of other work under his belt before that!...
By Lois Wenger Are you an early riser? Do you like to watch people enjoy eating what you’ve prepared? Do you enjoy the challenge of creating varied, nutritious meals on time? Perhaps you have what it takes to be an MDS cook! The...
By Lois Wenger Brothers don’t always think or act alike. But two Visser brothers have a good thing going. Isaac, 17, and Ezekiel, 15, are getting some MDS experiences under their belts. Tool belts, that is. Isaac had his first stint...
We have entered an era of “nones.” In a seminar offered at MennoCon this week in Kansas City, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Volunteer Development Coordinator Terry Zehr explained what this might mean. “It has become clear that a higher...
By Don and Rachel Horst On May 9, we were invited to the Paradise Town Council meeting to receive a proclamation from Mayor Greg Bolin. Receiving a proclamation sounded rather official. It called to mind things like presidents do for...
They drove 27 hours straight to clear downed trees, spruce up living quarters, refurbish a volleyball court, and much more at Camp Palisades, tucked in the beautiful Targhee National Forest in Idaho. In the process, young people from the United...
Things are going well for the Cape Breton project, with repairs completed or soon to be finished for 26 homes. Ten of those homes have had major roofs repairs. On three of these homes. we raised the 1/12 roof pitch to 4/12 by using scissor trusses to...
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