With love and resilience, Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers adapt to the times When Josh Carson talks with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers over the phone, he hears them struggle to discern their path of service amid the COVID-19...
After a Homes of Hope facility in Ephrata, Penn., was all but destroyed by a large fire two years ago, leaders from the homeless transformational ministry knew they couldn’t rebuild without help. “We were challenged by the cost of the restoration...
Jeffery Moseley is a patient man. As the resident of Marianna, Fla. watched Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) close the doors on his half-built home in December because of a spike in COVID-19 cases, he knew the volunteers would be back. “COVID has...
As Don Yoder temporarily closed the doors of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project in Marianna, Florida in early December, he looked back on the last couple of months: “It’s been an interesting journey,” he said. Yoder served as office...
Lupe and Roxy Sanchez opened a new chapter in their personal journey with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in November. That’s when they made the 20-hour drive from their home in Bloomington, Texas, up to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota...
GOSHEN, Ind. – In anticipation of the complicated winter ahead, Everence®, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. (MCC U.S.) and Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) are inviting donors to contribute to the COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund – and...
Eight volunteers from Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) helped Corpus Christi House, a hospitality day center for homeless people in Boise, Idaho, expand its services. Corpus Christi House helps more than 150 people each day, serving 90,000 meals...
LITITZ, Pa. — Due to rising cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has decided to suspend its projects in Florida and North Carolina. “Although none of the volunteers who have gone to those projects have contracted the...
Henry Schmitt of Warman, Sask. has been elected the new Chair of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Saskatchewan. Schmitt, 43, is a member of the Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Warman. He replaces Ida Buhler who resigned in October. “I’m excited to...
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