Six new volunteers from California, Montana, Iowa and Pennsylvania arrived on Sunday. They joined the five long term volunteers already on site. They completed three projects doing roof, window, door and electrical work. As usual, homeowners were...
Three projects were completed this week. The Escha house passed its final inspection. After mucking out the house, doors and windows were installed as well as soffit in the Concepcion home. It also has passed inspection. Minor repairs on a roof were...
Work was completed on the Everitt home this week. The final inspection passed and a completed job card was signed. Two different work teams interacted with Candy. She consistently provided snacks and an occasional meal to express her gratitude. Most...
Seven new volunteers arrived on Sunday night from Oregon, Virginia and Pennsylvania. They will be here for the next two weeks. After the required FEMA orientation on Monday morning, they headed to Candy and Orin Everitt’s house to continue the roof...
Week two found the Guam volunteers watching Typhoon Bolaven threaten the island instead of working on our project. We worked Monday morning and then had to wait until Friday to continue. Thankfully the eye of the storm passed by about 30 miles north...
In May of 2023, Typhoon Mawyar produced 140 mile an hour winds and 28.42 inches of rain on the island of Guam. Candy and her husband Orin had their home severely damaged by this storm. FEMA is asking MDS to focus on getting a room or two in...