Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) regional operations coordinator, Larry Stoner, was booked to arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico Monday, September 25. That flight was canceled on Sunday the day before. He rebooked for Tuesday morning. That flight was...
Pine Ridge, S.D. – Sometimes a week of volunteer work with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is a stepping stone to another service project in another place and time. Recent college graduate Chris Guntz has been building on his service...
While family projects are a mainstay of MDS Region 5 (Canada) summer activity, a similar project has begun at Spruce Lake Retreat and Camp Center in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania. MDS volunteers Dottie and Keith Reid, members of the...
White Sulphur Springs, WV — More than 1,800 volunteers helped finish 28 homes in West Virginia’s Hope Village, and some of them joined homeowners, government officials, project directors and pastors to celebrate home dedications on May 22....
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia — Hymns, laughter and tears of relief rang over blustery winds and snow squalls as 10 homes were dedicated in the West Virginia town of White Sulphur Springs on March 11. The homeowners are survivors of a...
Waynesboro, VA — Hurricanes slamming the coast bring damaging winds, torrential rains and can displace thousands of people at a time. Long periods of rain or a series of thunderstorms can cause major flooding that sweep homes off foundations and...
Andrews, SC — Natheria Rouse has been a foster parent in Andrews, South Carolina, for 42 years. This small town bore the brunt of a “double disaster” – floods in October 2015 and Hurricane Matthew a year later – but Rouse really...
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