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Weekly Reports

Paradise, CA – May 7-13, 2023

This week, John Little from Sacramento gave a helping hand to long-term volunteers Clara Coblentz, Jonas Schmidt, Don and Rachel Horst as we closed up the Paradise camp.  Our crew of five was little but mighty! The cabinets and counter top were...

Paradise, CA – April 30 – May 6, 2023

Our long-term team, Clara Coblentz, Jonas Schmidt, Don and Rachel Horst welcomed weekly volunteers Susan and Robert Arnold from Shafter, CA early Sunday afternoon. On Monday we said goodbye to Arlene Bontrager  which brought our volunteer count for...

Paradise, CA – April 23-29, 2023

A lively young group of gals from Calgary, Alberta, including, Liesel Retzlaff, Delaney Janzen, Charlene Lauzier and Aspen Redecopp, filled our week with energy and laughter.  In addition, Sarah & Paul Szatmary from Port Deposit, MD, who...

Paradise, CA – April 16-22, 2023

This week, brothers Bob and Gary Tingle from Bakersfield, CA and Stayton, OR as well as Corwin Thompson from Bakersfield, CA and Mark Mahaffie from Manteca, CA volunteered.  Transition of project director and office manager happened mid week when...

Paradise, CA – April 9-15, 2023

Volunteers! They came this week, from Indiana and Montana. Volunteers give a different life to this project than happens otherwise. The four men who came from the Goshen, Indiana, area are very skilled carpenters who knew how to get things done. And...

Paradise, CA – April 2-8, 2023

This first week of April is quite different. We have no weekly volunteers. However, Lois (Project Director), Paul Miller (Construction Supervisor), and I (Office Manager) were joined by Jonas Schmidt, an MDS year-long volunteer from Paderborn,...

Paradise, CA – March 26 – April 1, 2023

This last week of March began with much promise on several fronts. The weather was sunny, we had good work to do, and we had volunteers staying and coming who could do the work needed. The Neufeld’s from Vancouver continued for another week, and...

Paradise, CA – March 19-25, 2023

Spring is slowly and suddenly pushing its way into Paradise. Paradise is greener than we have ever seen it in the three years in which Lois and I have come to Paradise. The winter rains keep hanging on, which means that construction decisions are...

Paradise, CA – March 12-18, 2023

Long termers this week were the same as last week with the addition of Lois and Wayne Hochstetler, Bloomington, IL coming to serve as the next project director and office manager;  Paul Miller, Lancaster, PA as construction supervisor.  Our weekly...

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