The hummingbirds are coming back. So are the deer: a doe with twin fawns has been grazing close to Christy Allen’s new house, built by MDS volunteers. From her deck—constructed with a ramp since she uses a walker—Allen overlooks Cameron...
“I’m going to go outside and ride my bike!” Five-year-old Colten Richardson excitedly described the first thing he’ll do when he moves with his family—his mother Brittany, his 8-year-old sister, and his 12-year-old brother—into a new...
Two churches have happily become one in Jennings, Louisiana. And one of the bridges between them took the form of more than 2,000 MDS volunteers who have helped the community recover from hurricanes Laura and Delta, which struck in 2020. Pastor...
Repair the roof, replace the second-floor ceiling and walls, new floor due to mold. That was the job given to Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers at Brianna Fraser’s house in Sydney, Cape Breton. But volunteers who were working at the...
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 Head...
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...
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