As John Nice drove volunteers to and from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) job sites in Elk, Washington, he safely navigated snow, ice, and freezing temperatures—and he enjoyed it all. After retiring as a semi-truck driver in 2022, he has been...
In summer of 2024 John Henry and Judith Yoder of Lakeville, Ohio lost their home in a house fire. The family contacted Gid Yoder from Disaster Aid Ohio asking if they might consider building a house for someone who did not attend Church. Gid...
Rollin Ulrich just celebrated a year of service. For him, that means 52 weeks on the job with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)—weeks that have been split into one- or two-month stints as an MDS project director. An MDS project director is...
In 2022, New Mexico experienced the largest and most destructive wildfire in the history of the state. It burned 341,471 acres of ground. And if you know anything about wildfires, you know that they are only the first of many successive disasters....
What if we come together for the Kingdom of God? In Georgia, here’s what that looks like. North Ohio Assisting Hands (NOAH), an Amish group that works collaboratively with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), has been framing homes in Douglas...
“It hasn’t been good,” said Dwayne Stewart as he described his long rebuilding journey after losing his home to the Barrington Lake wildfire of May 2023. As the fire, which burned over 23,000 hectares and was one of the largest in Nova Scotia...
Fifty hours on a train—and nearly the same number of hours per week volunteering for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)! Twenty-year-old Jolene Hoover, from a Mennonite community in the Finger Lakes region of New York, rode the train with other...
Knoty knew the fire was coming. The wolf was frantically pacing, using his own language to warn his humans, Native Carpino and Bill Zimmerle at their home in Elk, Washington. He leaped into their truck, and Carpino and Zimmerle finally followed,...
The Region 3 MDS Annual Meeting took place at San Antonio Mennonite Church in San Antonio, Texas on Nov. 14-15, 2025. The focus of the weekend was “Neighboring with Compassion.” In addition to the regular board training sessions and business...
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