Blue tarp after blue tarp. That’s the view for weary residents in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, after they’ve been through disaster on top of disaster. Hurricane Laura made landfall on Aug. 27, 2020 just south of Lake Charles, as a...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Early Response Teams are on the ground in Kentucky and Tennessee assessing the damage from a string of deadly tornadoes which struck last weekend. Initial assessment from our Early Response Teams is that many of the...
Time to register for the 2022 MDS Annual Celebration, January 21–22, 2022, in sunny Sarasota, Florida! With the theme “Restoring Hope With Love,” the celebration will bring together volunteers, donors, friends and MDS staff for worship,...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has job openings in the U.S. and Canada for people who have a knowledge of and passion for the MDS mission, vision and values and a commitment to the Anabaptist church. Mennonite Disaster Service recruits, organizes...
That was the buzz around the town of Princeton, B.C. in early December when the first 16 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers arrived to help residents hard-hit by flooding in mid-November. People in the town are “so exhausted,” said...
While attention is focused on the needs of tornado survivors in Kentucky and other nearby states right now, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers are quietly bringing the miracle of hope to the small town of Jackson, Kentucky and nearby areas...
Just about a year ago, James Toews was lying flat on his back with a broken neck. The former pastor of the Neighbourhood Community Church in Nanaimo, B.C., a Mennonite Brethren congregation, was working on the roof of his garage when a support gave...
As the sounds of hammers and saws rang out across the grounds of the Mount Academy in Esopus, New York—founded by the Bruderhof Christian community movement in 2012—high school senior Niels Wipf explains some of the many skills he’s learned on...
ABOVE: Walter Wiebe (r) walks with Princeton Baptist Church Kyle Nichols (l) along a muddy formerly flooded street in Princeton, B.C. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is calling for volunteers to help with cleaning out homes in Princeton, B...
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