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...
“We came as strangers. We leave as friends.” That’s what project director Peter Thiessen said at the October 2 closing celebration of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project in Grand Forks, B.C. Before the flood, he said, Grand Forks was...
For Jan Joyce, serving as a volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is like being part of a military operation. And Joyce, 62, should know—she spent 20 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Driving in the hills above the town, she counts...
Zachary Bartel wants to be a communicator one day—he wants to tell stories. But first, there are some potatoes to peel for hungry Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Grand Forks, B.C. Bartel, 19, is a second-year student at Canadian...
Unlike other Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers who came to Grand Forks, B.C. in early June, Sheila and Mike Davis didn’t have to travel hundreds or even thousands of kilometres to be of service. The retired couple live in nearby Trail,...
“I never thought God cared about me, but then MDS showed up.” That’s what a homeowner in Grand Forks, B.C. told Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer Eli Klassen. The comment was moving for the 20-year-old Steinbach, Man. Bible College...
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