Here we are to the end of another week at the Cape Breton Project. But not only the end of the week—also the end of our time here in Cape Breton. The short-term volunteers this week are the Wiens family from Manitoba, and the Strathdees from ON....
A new week and we welcome a new group, this time from Shantz Mennonite Church in Ontario. We continued to work on shingling the roof of Pushpa’s home. It is a steep roof with many peaks and valleys, including dormers. This also included some siding...
The week began with the arrival of youth group from southern Manitoba, then on Monday and Tuesday the arrival of three long-term volunteers to make our number 26 in total. Despite some rain this week, we were able to accomplish good things. Nadine’...
Shingling on April’s house continued and is nearing completion. The rain dictated the progress at times, but with all hands-on deck on Tuesday it helped to further the shingling effort. Roles were reversed at the end of the day with the teens...
As happens on the weekend, we said goodbye to one crew and hello to another crew. This weekend 11 left on the 17th and 11 new crew members arrived for a total of 18 volunteers this week. Breanna’s house: The holes in bathroom and pantry ceilings...
This week our six long-term volunteers were joined by two more long termers, and a group of seventeen came for the week. On Breanna’s house, volunteers worked on the roof. Two bedrooms were taped, mudded, and painted. Flooring was installed in...
Greetings from Cape Breton! When Susan and I first contemplated joining MDS in Nova Scotia, it immediately rekindled memories of previous Maritime travels. It did not disappoint. Reflecting on the four weeks there, we were truly blessed. When I first...
This week was filled with volunteers mostly under the age of 25, other than the long-term volunteers. We accomplished a lot of work throughout the week: Metal roofs were put on, windows were installed, drywall and mudding was started. During sharing...
We are now five weeks into the project. Our time has gone quickly, a lot of work has been accomplished. March seems like so long ago when we first started, meeting homeowners, setting up camp, meeting our team for the first time. A verse that comes...