Linda Showalter of Indianapolis, Ind. always enjoyed being around construction. Through the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program, she now gets to do it while being “the hands and feet of Jesus.” Although...
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For Joe and Roxanna Livermore of Germfask, Michigan, the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program is a way “for us to keep serving.” For the couple, members of the Germfask Christian Fellowship, home away from home...
Service and sun—those are two things Duane and Jean Anderson of Lakeville, Ind. like about the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Recreational Vehicle (RV) program. “It’s a great way to be of help to others in the wintertime,” said Duane, 72...
Four congregations in Ontario, B.C. and Manitoba have been approved to receive grants from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Spirit of MDS Fund. In Toronto, Connect City, which is part of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, will use a grant of $5,000...
Jessica Reid-Lynk knew something was wrong when she heard the shingles on her roof flapping. “I got up and looked outside and there were shingles everywhere,” said the mother of three young children about the damage caused when Hurricane Fiona...
Roman Heuft’s heart broke earlier this year when he saw how so many people in Cape Breton are still struggling after Hurricane Fiona struck last fall. Although thousands of fallen trees were cleaned up by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS)...
When students from Columbia Bible College (CBC) in Abbotsford, B.C. signed up to volunteer with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Paradise, California in mid-February, they were anticipating sun and temperatures in the mid-teens Celsius (high 50s...
I thank God for the opportunities I’ve had to serve with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), most recently last October in Monte Lake, B.C. What I experienced there is hard to put into words, but I will try. At that project, I had the privilege of...
More than 1,000 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers, donors and partners traveled from across the U.S. and Canada for an Annual Celebration on Feb. 10-11, held at The Worship Center in Lancaster, Pa. Exploring the theme “The Joy of Serving...
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