Jeffery Moseley is a patient man. As the resident of Marianna, Fla. watched Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) close the doors on his half-built home in December because of a spike in COVID-19 cases, he knew the volunteers would be back. “COVID has...
As Don Yoder temporarily closed the doors of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project in Marianna, Florida in early December, he looked back on the last couple of months: “It’s been an interesting journey,” he said. Yoder served as office...
Lupe and Roxy Sanchez opened a new chapter in their personal journey with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in November. That’s when they made the 20-hour drive from their home in Bloomington, Texas, up to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota...
GOSHEN, Ind. – In anticipation of the complicated winter ahead, Everence®, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. (MCC U.S.) and Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) are inviting donors to contribute to the COVID-19 Congregational Relief Fund – and...
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...
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...
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