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...
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Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers are arriving in Willow, Alaska, ready to work as quickly as possible to get wildfire survivors safely into their homes before the onset of winter—and do it as safely as possible during the pandemic....
In early March, before deciding to close all Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects through the summer due to COVID-19, MDS Executive Director Kevin King made a trip to visit projects operated by local units—groups of volunteers in congregations...
When Super Typhoon Yutu hit the island of Saipan in 2018, striking the remote island with 180-mph/290 km winds, Jerry Grosh of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) held his breath. “I hoped and prayed the homes MDS had rebuilt on the island following...
On October 25 Saipan took a direct hit from one of the strongest typhoons (hurricanes) ever recorded to make landfall, at over 180 mph. Many homes were damaged or destroyed, but we have since heard that many or most of the MDS-built houses survived...
On October 25 Saipan took a direct hit from one of the strongest typhoons (hurricanes) ever recorded to make landfall, at over 180 mph. Many homes were damaged or destroyed, but we have since heard that many or most of the MDS-built houses survived...
Pine Ridge, S.D. – Sometimes a week of volunteer work with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a stepping stone to another service project in another place and time. Recent college graduate Chris Guntz has been building on his service...
Calaveras County, CA — On Good Friday, April 14, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer Kory Jones was baptized in the middle fork of the Mokelumne River in Calaveras County in northern California. By dipping Jones deep into the roaring waters...
Calaveras County, California — As they built homes in northern and north-central California, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project directors and volunteers coped with the unexpected by focusing on the wildfire survivors they were helping....
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