We are off to a good start; we thought we were off to a good start!! Gordon and Maria Martens arrived Saturday afternoon, hoping to rest up from their two days of travel. Sadly, Sunday afternoon they received news that a close relative had passed...
Sunday: Pim and Mary-Ann Van Oeveren (cook) arrived from Salmon Arm, B.C. Mark and Jonathan arrived in time for orientation and ice cream. Monday: Lunches, breakfast, devotions, job assignments and off to work! Mary-Ann and Sandra braved a strong...
This has been an exciting week. A new volunteer, Jonathan Rempel, and some returning volunteers, Gerald, Mark, Connie, Ben and Otto, came to help the long-term volunteers Todd, Rhonda and Dave with the next stage of the house. The ridge vent...
Volunteers are continuing to make progress on the house rebuild in Lytton, B.C. Wayne Drudge, Leonard Peters and Otto Neufeld from B.C. came to use their skills this week along with the rest of the crew: Todd, Rhonda and Dave. Patsy and Owen,...
Our crew remains similar to last week, except Gerald Dyck, the response co-coordinator with Mark Rempel, came to help and encourage us for a few days. Monday: The week began with completing sheathing of the shear walls. Due to prevailing high winds...
Our newest volunteer, Connie Reimer, arrived Sunday night. The cook, Shirley, from last week, came back Sunday night with groceries and cooked her last meal for us on Monday night. She stayed to meet the next cook, Judy Schmidt, from Manitoba, whom...
A family of six from Manitoba — Dave and Anna Wiebe, their daughter Rhonda and her husband Todd Forbes, and daughters Lorissa and Teagan — arrived on April 26 for a five-week term. Henry and Elizabeth Warkentin left for their home in Alberta on...
The Lytton, British Columbia response is located in a beautiful mountain valley beside the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser rivers. On June 30, 2021, a wildfire swept through the village of Lytton, destroying more than 90% of the town and...