For the Wiens family of Winnipegosis, Man., service with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Cape Breton was an important part of their five-week long vacation experience to Canada’s east coast. “We wanted to see Atlantic Canada, but we also...
When Ben Lomond of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, saw what Hurricane Fiona had done to his house, “I was sick.” The storm tore shingles off the old coal mining company house and rain leaked through the holes into the interior. “The wind was howling...
“Everything is good now,” says James Towers of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, after MDS volunteers repaired his house which was damaged by Hurricane Fiona. The storm, which struck in September 2022, rendered the house unlivable; volunteers put on a...
Sometimes it’s the children who do the leading. That’s what happened to Mike and Carolyn Strathdee of Kitchener, Ont. Both of their daughters, now young adults, have done service trips. When the couple heard that Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)...
It’s a long way from Africa to the north woods of Minnesota, but Inkosiihnle Ndlovu-Mathuthu and Jack Odhiambo are enjoying themselves on a cool morning in mid-September as they put new windows into Polly Lussier’s home on the Red Lake Nation...
Arcadia, FL Hurricane Ian struck Florida on September 27, 2022, as a Category 4 hurricane. With the wind speed of just short of a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Ian was the fifth most powerful storm to ever hit the country. This hurricane was the...
Eight students received scholarships to serve in Cape Breton Long days and early mornings, and a “ton of manual labour.” That’s one of the things Jared Sumner of Surrey, B.C. remembers about his month in Cape Breton as a student scholarship...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects depend on many things to be successful—tools, materials, expert advice and direction from Project Directors and Crew Leaders. And good food—and lots of it. That’s where cooks like Hannah Cober, 27, of...
Who doesn’t like to escape winter for a bit and bask in the sun? With MDS, you can feel the warmth not only from the sun but also the warm glow that arises inside your heart as you serve people impacted by natural disasters. Now that our project in...
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