By John Sawatzky When Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) begins a response, we always understand that the homeowners may want to talk about their trauma. That’s what happened in Monte Lake, B.C. in 2022 when MDS responded to the White Rock Lake fire...
Nick Hamm is a long-time volunteer with MDS and former Chair of the MDS Canada Ontario Unit. He played a key role in leading and organizing the response to Hurricane Fiona in Nova Scotia. Now that MDS’s work in Nova Scotia is complete this year, he...
Ten weeks, 179 tree clean-up jobs and 28 roof repair or rebuild jobs. That’s what 133 MDS Canada volunteers did this fall in Antigonish and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in response to Hurricane Fiona. The hurricane struck the province September 24,...
Five Canadian congregations have received grants this fall from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada Spirit of MDS Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to assist churches in Canada as they serve and support people in their communities. Soup’s On...
Now that I’m back to my regular life at work and home in Ontario, I’ve had some time to reflect and look back on my time with MDS. It was a wonderful experience! Through strong and wise leadership, I gained so much while serving with Mennonite...
“I hope you like your new home.” That was one of the messages a child from the River of Life Community Church (Mennonite Brethren) in Blind Bay, B.C. wrote in a card for families being helped by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Monte Lake....
In addition to causing physical damage, natural disasters like Hurricane Fiona—which struck Nova Scotia September 24—expose other needs in a community. Sometimes those needs are uncovered by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers. That’s...
When John Peters, principal of the Old Colony Christian School in Charing Cross, Ontario heard Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada needed volunteers in Nova Scotia for clean-up work after Hurricane Fiona, he right away thought of his students...
They called it their Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) mobile command centre. “It” is Jan Joyce’s 2019 Subaru Crosstrek, a moving office that enabled her and Melissa Jaeger to log about 1,000 kilometres/600 miles in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island...
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