Arriving on Sunday this week was a group from IA – six young men and five young ladies, several of who have served with MDS before. On Monday a crew went to Gregory, working on the final check list there. Another group of volunteers went to...
On Sunday afternoon we went to Corpus Christi to pick up five young ladies from New York who will be volunteering for the week. It was fun to see them again as they had served with a couple of us some years ago in Jamestown, CO! They are glad to...
On Sunday evening a group of 12 cousins arrived from Ohio to volunteer this week. They should be able to enjoy some warm, sunny weather while here in Texas! Monday morning found 9 volunteers at the new Habitat build. They were ready to put up the...
Merlyn, from Ontario, Canada, joined us as a long term volunteer this week. He will be a crew leader with us for four weeks. Several groups of short term volunteers arrived on Sunday evening, 15 from Ohio, and two from Illinois. We began the...
January 5th found some of the long term team arriving in Rockport to get camp set up for volunteers. This wasn’t too difficult as Disaster Aid Ohio had been using the camp in the fall and had recently left shortly before Christmas. There are...
As we prepare for the winter break, our team continues work on several of the new builds. We have ramps to put on two homes one in Taft and one in Refugio. The home in Refugio belongs to Roxanne. She came by for a visit last week as it was...
In 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Paul writes “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in everything; hold fast to what is good.” We here at Coastal Bend are giving thanks for God’s hand of protection over our group as...
The group just finished up Mike Halfmann’s home and the joy that was expressed by Mike and Jeannie touched each one of us. Mike has been working on this home since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. We laid flooring throughout home, painted trim and...
It has been such a joy and blessing to see the development of the families now living at Tierra De Esperanza (Land of Hope). We had joined with Storm Aid of Ohio and Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group in the dedication of these homes in the...