Paradise is full of twists and turns. Paradise, California, that is. To reach one of the new homes they are building, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers must navigate miles of canyon roads full of hairpin turns—without the security...
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West Virginia. Texas. California. Twenty-four-year-old Cody Hurst really gets around as a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer! He began serving with MDS back in 2016, when he helped build a driveway bridge in West Virginia. Now he’s...
By Gabe Salazar of Your Central Valley FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – When Ash Jones was approached by Rebuild Our Sierra to help build sheds for those who were impacted by the devastating Creek Fire, he didn’t think twice. The project would end...
Wildfire survivors in Okanogan, Washington and Paradise, California—some of them living in sheds, some in cars—need homes. Can Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers finish the homes they’ve started? Some of these survivors have been...
As wildfires continue to burn in California, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is reaching out in prayer for the thousands of people who have been forced to evacuate, and thousands more who see the telltale smoke clouds on the horizon and wonder if...
Calaveras County, CA — On Good Friday, April 14, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer Kory Jones was baptized in the middle fork of the Mokelumne River in Calaveras County in northern California. By dipping Jones deep into the roaring waters...
Calaveras County, California — As they built homes in northern and north-central California, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project directors and volunteers coped with the unexpected by focusing on the wildfire survivors they were helping....
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