Reflections by Ann Pasnick with Lois Wenger Ann Pasnick (center) presents a finished quilt, cut by her late mother, to the Hebert family in Cameron, La. It was a moment of mixed emotions as I stood there at the linen closet of the old Kansas...
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In these polarized times, as many Christians in the U.S. are divided over politics, Rev. Byron Meline has something different on his mind: working for a common goal. As he put a fresh coat of paint on a tornado-damaged home in Columbus, Mississippi...
In early March, before deciding to close all Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects through the summer due to COVID-19, MDS Executive Director Kevin King made a trip to visit projects operated by local units—groups of volunteers in congregations...
Lafayette, LA – When Amy Speidel looks at her file of 50 homes in need of repair in the Lafayette area of Louisiana, she sees more than a list of names. “Here, nobody is a cookie cutter,” she said, “and the repair needs are as dynamic as the...
Lafayette, LA – Bruce Weber, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project director in Lafayette, Louisiana, spent several months this fall getting flood survivors back into their homes. In the wake of an August 2016 unnamed storm, hundreds of...
Lafayette, LA — Mary George Ann Herbert Crupe is a nonconformist artist. She names her trees: the giant magnolia in her front yard is “Maggie,” the fig tree is (what else) “Figgie.” Her two dogs are Clateaux and Swiffer Sweeper (who goes by...
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