For Sam Perera of Princeton, B.C., it was a case of really bad timing. Perera, originally from Vancouver, bought a riverside house in that southeastern B.C. town in October 2021—a place he could afford in a community he intended to call his new...
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For some youth at The Meeting Place, a Mennonite Brethren church in Winnipeg, 2020 was going to be a big year—they were going to do a spring overseas service trip. But then the pandemic hit. “We had done a lot of fundraising and planning, but...
“No preaching!” That’s the first thing Danie Brooks told Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer James Toews when he showed up at his home outside Princeton, B.C. one morning to begin work. “I wanted to be honest with him right away, this...
Families looking to spend some time together and do some service for others can do both this summer in Princeton, B.C. through the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Family Program. Through the Program, families will do landscaping and build...
With all the attention on the severe flooding that hit B.C. in November 2021, it’s easy to forget about those who lost their homes to last summer’s wildfires in that province. But Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada hasn’t forgotten. In...
For six young adults from Chinatown Peace Church, a Mennonite Church Canada congregation in Vancouver, B.C., the February 20-25 university reading week turned into a work week as they volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Princeton, B....
In mid-November 2021, a series of floods impacted multiple regions of B.C. In Princeton, nearly 300 homes were flooded. In the Fraser Valley, homes, businesses and farms were flooded. In August 2021, the White Rock fire destroyed 28 structures at...
By Andrea Demeer It was -21 C on Fenchurch Avenue in Princeton on Wednesday, Feb 23, as men and women in white coveralls shoveled debris into wheelbarrows, knocked out drywall, and cleared mud from homes destroyed in the Nov. 14, 2021, flood. They...
If, as the old African proverb puts it, it takes a village to raise a child, it can also take a community to help someone recover from disaster. That’s the story Trina Enns tells about how her church—the South Abbotsford Church, part of the...
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