“It felt like the roof was going to come right off.” That’s how Tara Babcock described the night Hurricane Fiona struck her home in Sydney, Cape Breton. As it was, the storm—which hit September 24, last year—tore shingles off the roof and...
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Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is monitoring the wildfire situation in northern Alberta, where 78 fires are burning—24 of them out of control. “It’s too early to know what, if anything, we might be called on to do,” said Ross Penner...
Judy Schmidt likes to cook—even for 20 or more people at a time. That’s what the 66-year-old retired banker was doing in March, where she served as head cook for a month with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Jennings, Lousiana. For Schmidt,...
“As I sit here composing this e-mail, I am asking God to give me the words to adequately express our gratitude for all the help that your organization has provided. What you have done to help is so big, we do not have words available.” That’s...
David and Karen Olson can make many claims as volunteers with the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program in Welsh, Louisiana: They are the only volunteers from Canada at the project and they are the oldest volunteers....
For Andy and Maureen Hudak of Wadsworth, Ohio, serving with the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program isn’t just something to do in the winter—it’s a way of life. The retired couple, members of the Sacred Heart...
Eight students are recipients of the new Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Scholarship. The eight, who attend Columbia Bible College (CBC) in Abbotsford, B.C., Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg and Steinbach Bible College (SBC),...
From October to March, volunteers from across the U.S. and Canada are serving with the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program. They are doing repair work in Grand Isle, a barrier island on the Gulf of Mexico that was...
One thing Sherry and Ed Epp of Independence, Kansas like about the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program is being with other volunteers and making new friends. “The camaraderie is absolutely wonderful,” said Sherry...
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