Sondra Smith, a native of Elkton, Virginia, remembers watching her neighborhood creek as a little girl. “The creek was half the width that it is now,” she said. When Sondra and her husband, Troy, moved back to Elkton 13 years ago after living in...
As communities from Tennessee and North Carolina up through northeast Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York cope with the aftermath of flooding caused by Tropical Storm Henri on August 21-22, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has been communicating...
In the wake of a tragic accident on July 10 that killed two brothers on their family farm in Carroll County, in northwest Arkansas, the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) family is extending condolences and prayers to the MDS Search and Rescue Team,...
As wildfires continue to burn in California, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is reaching out in prayer for the thousands of people who have been forced to evacuate, and thousands more who see the telltale smoke clouds on the horizon and wonder if...
It’s summertime in Philippi, West Virginia, and cars are driving over a beautiful new bridge, some of them with canoes on top, others with mountain bikes racked on the back. Hikers can pass across safely, too, because the wide, sturdy bridge has...
Dennis Vance, a farmer and pastor, loves his community of Lizemore, West Virginia. He joyfully shared that love with college students who built a new driveway bridge in July, giving him safer access to his home. “Lizemore is the only place with...
Photo by Joanne Murray. * By Joanne Murray “Our roof was blown off as we huddled in the corner of our porch from six in the morning until nine at night. Nothing like this had ever happened to us before.” That’s how Shirley Kent vividly...
In light of news about unmarked graves of children at former residential schools in B.C., Saskatchewan and other parts of the Canada, the work of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Indigenous Neighbours office...
GOSHEN, Ind. – The Evangelio En Accion, or “Gospel in Action” church, is in the business of hope. But when COVID-19 swept the world, the small Mennonite Brethren church nearly shut down. Located in Selma, California – known as the “...
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