The first Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Early Response Teams will arrive in eastern Kentucky on Aug. 15, ready to muck out homes and clear debris in flood-ravaged communities. “It’s muddy, hard work—and it’s badly needed,” said...
Five-year-old Elizabeth Rosenberger is good at finding treasure. During the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Family Program at the Amigo Centre in Sturgis, Michigan, she collected feathers, pretty rocks, flowers, shells, and pine needles she...
As a project director with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada, Jim Reimer knows it can be stressful for a homeowner to cope with the loss of their house. He just never expected to experience it first-hand. That’s what happened July 6 when,...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is monitoring the situation in flood-stricken eastern Kentucky. Heavy rain has produced flooding that has killed at least 30 people and left dozens missing, along with widespread property damage. MDS is...
It’s a marriage made in Paradise—or at least an anniversary made there. Dottie and Tim Weber celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary in a unique way: cooking for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Paradise, California as MDS...
What’s that clapping and cheering on the corner in Crisfield, Maryland? It’s the sound of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers sharing their joy as 85-year-old Hazel Cropper walks up the front walk toward her new, partly constructed home...
Gavin Hadley likes to change things up sometimes. As the 15-year-old from Faith Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas helped a crew build a new home in Welsh, Louisiana as part of a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Summer Youth Project, he...
Led by a bagpiper, representatives from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Ontario Unit and the Catholic Knights of Columbus were piped into a dedication ceremony on July 16 for a new addition on the home of Marc and Carole Jobin in Barry’s Bay,...
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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