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News & Stories

“Like another world”

A nineteenth century house stands two storeys high on the banks of the Winooski River. Numa Haase, the homeowner of nearly four decades, always wanted to live on a river. “[When] you go down to the river, you don’t hear the noise of the...

7 Traditional women stand in muddy dresses holding shovels after a long day mucking out mud.

Hope from behind the lens

There’s a story behind this now-famous photo. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteer Brent Trumbo, who was serving as a crew leader for two weeks in Barre, Vermont, decided to take the picture at the end of a long day mucking out a flooded...

Mario Cruz, a 2024 MDS Canada Service Scholarship recipient, constructs a cabin at an MDS Family Project near Bancroft, Ontario. MDS photo/Nikki Hamm Gwala

“Tugging at my heart strings”

Mario Cruz is a seasoned Bible camp volunteer. From dishwashing to counseling to maintenance and preaching, he touched almost every corner of camp ministry over five summers.   Camp nurtured the ‘heart, soul and mind’ love for God that he had...

Disaster hits close to home

Roman Heuft was more than 5,000 kilometres/3,100 miles away when his community, Blind Bay, British Columbia, received a wildfire evacuation order last August. “[The news] was pretty devastating,” said Heuft, who was serving as coordinator to...

Loss turned on its head

A swarm of butterflies welcomed Isabelle Labelle to a lush, mountainside property in Celista, British Columbia, four years ago. “It was dreamy,” Labelle mused. With a south slope, a water source and good soil, it was just what she and her husband...

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