“You brought a good spirit to Red Lake. All of our people are happy with the work you have done.” With those words, Kelly Iceman, a member of the Red Lake Nation, opened the September 22 closing celebration and feast at the Oshkiimaajitahdah...
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It’s a long way from Africa to the north woods of Minnesota, but Inkosiihnle Ndlovu-Mathuthu and Jack Odhiambo are enjoying themselves on a cool morning in mid-September as they put new windows into Polly Lussier’s home on the Red Lake Nation...
On July 26, 2021, a tornado struck the Red Lake and Redby areas in the Red Lake Nation, Minnesota Mennonite Disaster Service has been repairing and replacing damaged siding, windows and doors. An MDS truck pulling up to a project site on an early...
We arrived late Sunday, July 9th in the afternoon to serve at the Red Lake Nation. It was hit by a tornado in 2021, which brought with it heavy amounts of baseball sized hail and damaged siding and broke windows. We worked on a total of four houses,...
For Red Lake Tribal Council member Eugene Standing Cloud, watching MDS volunteers at work is like watching a group of people “on autopilot.” “We are so thankful to MDS for being here,” he said of how the organization has come to repair houses...
“They’re doing a great job!” That’s what Edith Carr, Office Manager with the MDS response in Red Lake, MN, said of the 11 Goshen College students who spent two weeks in May helping convert an old grocery store into a base camp for the...
After assessing needs in many communities in the wake of spring tornadoes, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) will focus on long-term response in the midwest and south. Though MDS is not deploying Early Response Teams to the tornado-damaged areas,...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), Christian Aid Ministries, Longhorn Truss. For Chris Troyer, they’re all connected within his framework of faith-driven service and business. As co-owners of Longhorn Truss—based in Lott, Texas—Troyer and...
More than 1,000 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers, donors and partners traveled from across the U.S. and Canada for an Annual Celebration on Feb. 10-11, held at The Worship Center in Lancaster, Pa. Exploring the theme “The Joy of Serving...
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