During the last eight years that I was working for money, I often had to travel to places around the world with little advance notice. The flights usually departed early in the morning, so I’d call for a cab to pick me up in the wee hours after...
This week in Selma, we were joined by 2 weekly volunteers from the Birmingham area, 1 from Mississippi and a daily volunteer, Tuesday and Thursday, also from the Birmingham area. We rotated some Leadership volunteers… Abe Wiebe took over from...
We had 9 weekly volunteers and 4 leadership volunteers at the jobsite, and 2 cooks back at the camp. Our volunteers came from Ohio (DAO), Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Prior to our...
Our month has ended and the work of MDS has closed after 6 months of restoring homes in Amory, MS. Sixty jobs have been completed. This week’s group of 12 young volunteers from PA were essential in the big push for final completions and packing...
We are ending our time in southeast Texas with mixed emotions. It is always hard to leave a community and the new friends we’ve made by living and working together during the past few months. On the other hand, many of us are anxious to get...
This was our last week in Port Charlotte. There was a final push to complete all our job cards. In all 63 jobs were undertaken this season, most of them together with UMCOR. We are glad for this partnership. They vetted our clients and purchased...
With sunny skies we welcomed our new crew of 8 seasoned men in the building industry and in their faith in Jesus. We had a wonderful time getting to tackle our objective of completing the 85’ ramp and new flooring for the church. The big...
Michele WhiteEagle from Idaho spent two days at the beginning of the week with us. On Wednesday, Jim and Shirley Holm came up for an evening and numerous volunteers from the California Unit came on Friday to help move all the equipment to the...
The last week of work in Wynne found our group of eighteen high school students and their sponsors doing a variety of things. As usual, the last week of a project brought its challenges to provide meaningful work. In this case, the first three days...