Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is monitoring the situation in flood-stricken eastern Kentucky. Heavy rain has produced flooding that has killed at least 30 people and left dozens missing, along with widespread property damage. MDS is...
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Gavin Hadley likes to change things up sometimes. As the 15-year-old from Faith Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas helped a crew build a new home in Welsh, Louisiana as part of a Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Summer Youth Project, he...
“Thank God they’re here.” That’s what Shirley Zeno said as she looked at Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers building her a brand-new home in Welsh, Louisiana. Zeno has been waiting a long time to move in with her four...
Out with the old, in with the new! People in the Goshen, Indiana region are invited to join Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers as they do some demolition work at Goshen College. in response to a growing demand for nurses, the college...
Volunteers from Acknowledging Christ Through Service (ACTS), which operates collaboratively with Mennonite Disaster Service, are building 16 new homes for tornado survivors in Mayfield, Kentucky. On Dec. 10, 2021, a tornado damaged or destroyed...
How would I describe my visit to Jennings, Louisiana? In a word, enlightening. First, the generosity of the Jennings Church of Christ was amazing. When MDS was first looking for a site to set up a base camp, that church seemed to be a good...
Summertime in southern Michigan, anyone? That’s where Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is seeking families to volunteer for weeklong service to help rebuild and repair the Amigo Centre, which offers retreats and children’s ministries. The MDS...
“Look at that!” exclaimed Indira Francis, who stood with a big smile on her face in her front yard in Jennings, Louisiana. Francis was doing something she never thought she’d do again in her lifetime: picking a paint color for her freshly...
Tina Deshotel could have easily given up. After two hurricanes, an ice storm, and a severe flood hit Lake Charles, Louisiana—all of them during the COVID-19 pandemic—her home was in shambles. But her husband, Vernon, worried her even more. “He...
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