What is the MDS response to Hurricane Florence? A bus load of Amish from Lancaster County PA arrived in Lumberton NC the morning of October 1st. They were the first of a number of early response groups that have, and will continue to, rotate into the...
Five young people – volunteers for Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) – are staying in Vici, Oklahoma, for two months as they build a new home for Ian Stewart, who lost his home in April to a wildfire. The young volunteers are Raven Braun,...
Even before Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14 at 7:15 a.m. in Wilmington, North Carolina, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) was quietly gearing up a response that will range from damage assessments to long-term home rebuilds. In simpler...
Souderton, Pa. – Despite temperatures in the high 90’s and extreme humidity volunteers from the Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey MDS Unit began a Partnership Housing Project (PHP) on June 30 and continued working on the home through one of the...
Utuado, Puerto Rico – Charlotte Dillard was part of our MDS work group in mid-June. She didn’t speak any Spanish but had a relational manner that transcended the language barrier. Her smiles, hugs, and caring nature reached the hearts of...
Divide, Colorado – In late May and early June volunteers from Kansas felled around 20 trees and removed 35 major stumps from the property of the Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp (RMMC) in an effort to combat spruce beetles which kill some trees. The...
Winnipeg, Man. — Mennonite Disaster Service Canada has opened a spring and summer project building three new homes in the Williams Lake region of British Columbia. The response follows devastating fires in July 2017 that forced 40,000 ...
Bloomington, Tex. — At the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project site in Victoria County where people are just beginning to recover from Hurricane Harvey, a sign on the wall reads: “True service is love in working clothes.” And sometimes...
Ponce, Puerto Rico — After he graduated from high school in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Rolando Flores trained as an electrician. He wired circuits, transformed power, illuminated the dark, kept energy flowing—all without letting too many sparks fly...
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