Lititz, PA – Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is actively monitoring the tragic destruction and loss of life from tornadoes that occurred March 2 in Tennessee. According to National Weather Service, the tornadoes impacted eastern Nashville,...
Emma Siemens is a 2nd year student from Winnipeg studying social sciences at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU). From February 16-22 she was one of ten students and staff from the university who went to Wharton, TX to do service with MDS. Below find...
Congregations and Pandemics: What To Do? Concern about the coronavirus, or COVID-19, is dominating the news—and maybe coming up at your church, too. What role can churches play during what might become a pandemic? How can they respond practically...
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...
In early 2019, the Wiebe family of Austin, Manitoba set off on a service adventure of a lifetime. The family of five—dad Daniel, 42, mother Pamela, 40, and children Brianna, 18, Brenten, 15, Caleb, 13, and Corey, 10—volunteered for 12 months with...
MDS “Saved My Life” Three homes dedicated near Ottawa January 23; 97 volunteers from Ontario gave 515 days of service COUNTY OF RENFREW, Ont. — “I wanted to crawl into a cave and never come out again.” That’s how Bill Overton, 66,...
Standing near the La Plata Mennonite Church in Puerto Rico, Eileen Rolon’s joy over the newly built Children’s Church is eclipsed by her concern for the hundreds of people sleeping outdoors as earthquakes and aftershocks continue to rock the...
When Hurricane Harvey finally swirled away from the Texas coast in August 2017, Pete Villarreal went to inspect his mobile home in Victoria. He recalls the painful sight: “Large branches from some big trees fell on the roof and punctured it. Then...
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