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...
What are the secrets to baking a good pie? What do angels do? How are grandmothers different from mothers? A garden is good because—why? And what do those questions have to do with Mennonite Disaster Service? (MDS) The questions come from a new...
By Lorie Ham, Mennonite Aid Plan On top of everything else going on in 2020, California has been besieged by wildfires, and this fire season has shattered records. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has been helping people affected by fires and other...
At the 100-acre Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp in Divide, Colo., Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers removed trees infested by spruce beetles, an effort that combined care for the forest, wildfire mitigation, and a safer camp for the many...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has welcomed Michele WhiteEagle as the new Region 4 board chair. The region includes Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. WhiteEagle is MDS’s first female regional board...
“We told ourselves, before we started, we don’t want to be doing anything we wouldn’t want the media to see if they dropped in announced.” That’s how Peter Thiessen, co-director with his wife, Susan, for the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS...
As Hurricane Laura ripped through Cameron, Louisiana in late August, homes built by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers stood up well to the storm’s punishing 150-mph/241-km/h winds. MDS has a long history of helping residents in that area...
Reflections in the wake of Hurricane Laura Carl Dube penned the following reflections after a long drive back from Cameron, Louisiana, to his home in Michigan. Dube was in the area assessing damage from Hurricane Laura, a deadly and destructive...
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