Like many authors and composers whose works appear in books like Heartland Hymns, I. E. Diekenga and Fred Coblentz are without any biographical information available, at least online. In 1906, Coblentz wrote music for the words Diekenga wrote in...
We have a (mostly) new crew of leadership this week 6 in Amory, along with a fun group of students from Conrad Grebel College, Ontario, CA. They were held up at the border for 4 hours, and we are so glad that they were able to continue on down to...
This week we had another group of internationals! Except this week we had more Canadian’s than other countries, we all got along just fine, (even after Canada won the 4Nations hockey) and it was great working together. Amazing things happen when...
We continue to work on Don’s house in Steinhtchee, where water damage is prevalent throughout the house. Walls were torn off three feet down, and flooring has been repaired and subfloor placed. Removing the carpeting and pieces that were left...
What a rainy cold week we had in southeast Texas this week! The temperatures were in the 30’s earlier in the week, but Jim had gotten the furnace turned on in Jose’s house so working there was comfortable. However, the furnace was turned off...
Volunteers from Manitoba and Pennsylvania joined us this week. With their help the carpenter work at Scott’s house is finished. That included hanging doors, installing cabinets, trimming doors and windows and touch up painting. The Wynne Long Term...
This group of 18 worked their way out of jobs in Planada by noon on Friday. The Lyndell Martin group stole all of our hearts, and there were tears when they left the driveway waving from their vehicle windows. Starting on Monday, they tore...
Work continued this week at the Minter home. Volunteers installed flooring and trim, and then, painted and hung doors in the bathroom. Window boxes were made and installed where the front sliding patio doors had been in the converted garage. ...
Our week five volunteers were a group of 14 men and women from the Goshen, Indiana area. It was also transition week and we were joined by the new construction supervisor from Manitoba on Wednesday, and by the next project director and office manager...