At first, it was an ordinary day. Yvonne Rife went to the Dollar General early in the morning to pick up a few things before the store got crowded. “I never dreamed the water would do what it did,” said Rife, a widow who lives alone deep in the...
Jessica Reid-Lynk knew something was wrong when she heard the shingles on her roof flapping. “I got up and looked outside and there were shingles everywhere,” said the mother of three young children about the damage caused when Hurricane Fiona...
“We’re under a little bit of pressure here,” said Ruthie Stoltzfus, holding her thumb and forefinger close together. But she still smiled as she stirred a soup pot of melted cheese that would be poured over 1,220 pounds of potatoes....
By Don Yoder As Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) dedicated a home for Paul and Vivian in eastern Kentucky, the day was full of visible reminders that God cares. Paul and Vivian’s home was ravaged by a flood in July 2022. Most of their...
Roman Heuft’s heart broke earlier this year when he saw how so many people in Cape Breton are still struggling after Hurricane Fiona struck last fall. Although thousands of fallen trees were cleaned up by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)...
When students from Columbia Bible College (CBC) in Abbotsford, B.C. signed up to volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Paradise, California in mid-February, they were anticipating sun and temperatures in the mid-teens Celsius (high 50s...
New homes are blooming like early spring flowers in the hollers of Hurley, Virginia. Built by MDS volunteers, one is already complete, with six others on the way to completion. A new home on dedication day, progress picture shown above. In fact...
View the video recording here In a keynote speech at the Mennonite Disaster Service Annual Celebration, Marcus T. Coleman, Jr., director of the Department of Homeland Security Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, spoke about what it...
I thank God for the opportunities I’ve had to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), most recently last October in Monte Lake, B.C. What I experienced there is hard to put into words, but I will try. At that project, I had the privilege of...
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