How many volunteers were at the project site this week? Where did they come from? There were 20 volunteers from Daviess County, Indiana and one volunteer from Tremont, Illinois. Describe briefly the work done and the accomplishments for...
In many communities of Mexico, during the days leading up to Christmas, the sounds of Pidiendo Posada can be heard. This folk song, about “requesting shelter” is a conversation with two parts. One part is the pilgrims, Joseph and Mary, and...
A group of ten weekly volunteers joined the May long-term team Sunday, May 15. The group included Jerry and Diane Stoltzfus from South Carolina, Harold, Martha and Justin Amstutz, from South Carolina, as well as Lee, Clay, Carson and Isaiah Hoover,...
Our group of eight long-term volunteers accomplished a great deal this week. Each step forward brings another family closer to moving into their new home. The team was able to frame the Scottwood house in spite of some very warm days in the sun...
Don Mintmier from Pennsylvania, project director for the month of May, arrived on Sunday, May 1 and met regional director, Phil Helmuth, and Rich Rhodes. The rest of the long-term team arrived Wednesday, May 6: Pauline Yoder, Head Cook from Indiana,...
Betty Romanes, a student from CMU, joined us this week. So now we are 6 from Manitoba and one from B.C. Gordon finished cleaning, organizing and marking in the tool trailer. He also put new flooring in another shower room in the shower trailer....
The MDS Monte Lake Project with base camp at 5112 Westwold Hall Okanagan Hwy has begun. Much of the prep work for a new site, (which includes and not limited to; shower trailer, bunk trailers & RV placement & hookup, community meetings,...
Even though our team this week only consisted of our eight long term volunteers, they completed a lot of important work. This group of long termers is the same as last week. Monday the team spent time finishing the sanding and doing clean up at...
Our volunteer group this week consisted of three people. Kim Shantz from Arizona stayed for a second week. He was joined by Rich Enns from Iowa and Nathan Zerbe from Minnesota. At the end of the week, we bade farewell to our cooks Kathy and Steve...