“I have hands. I can work. I can help my neighbours.” That’s what Kevin Shantz, a roofing contractor from Drayton, Ont. says about why he serves with Mennonite Disaster Service every winter when work at home is slow. For him, the idea of...
“We are fortunate and blessed, and can give back to help others,” says Jeanne Wollf of Hague, Saskatchewan about why she and her husband, Dave, serve with Mennonite Disaster Service. Now in their late fifties, the couple has more time to do...
For Kevin and Teresa Bueckert of Neuanlage, Saskatchewan, service with MDS is a way to experience new things, see new places, learn new things. For Teresa, a school bus driver and vehicle detailer, service in Texas in February found her using an air...
For Wes Reimer, a carpenter in Plum Coulee, Man. service with Mennonite Disaster Service is a way to “use my God-given gifts. It’s something I can do.” Wes and his wife, Ashley, were in Texas with MDS in February with their three young boys....
MDS volunteer Gary Martin, 16, at work at a house in Renfrew County. Work in the area has been enhanced by a grant from the Canadian Red Cross. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada’s efforts to assist people whose homes were damaged...
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...
William Stutzman A quick introduction. I, William, am “Bill”. My left-handed uncle Merle is the one called “Lefty”. “A hurricane’s tempest contains an ocean’s worth of water.” In late August of 2017 Hurricane...
“A great way to spend retirement years” ELMIRA, Ont. — “It’s a real blessing to help someone and see hope come back into their eyes.” That’s one of the main reasons Karen Martin of Elmira, Ont. does service with Mennonite Disaster...
WINNIPEG, Man. & LITITZ, Pa. — For Kevin King, the destruction left behind in the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian was “unbelievable.” “As far as one could see, everything was destroyed or damaged,” he said of his early October...
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