We welcomed 11 men this week who brought lots of energy and kept the cooks busy! Several jobs were completed. Mr. George’s house is competed with 3 new ceilings, and he is very happy to have his living space back again. His sister, Jennifer,...
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This week, our group of 10 men and 3 women were organized by a leader that gets a group together every year to serve with MDS. We were thankful for their familiarity with our routine. Mr. George is anxious for his house to be completed. The crew...
We begin as a new group of long-term volunteers and are learning to know each other and are finding our way in our varied roles. Joetta Schlabach, Grand Marais, MI; Cindy and Dan Steiner, Goshen, IN; Naomi and Joe Byler, Salisbury, PA; Leo and Mim...
We welcomed a great group of men and women from PA this week. The weather each day got warmer and warmer, and it was sunny all week long, so that led us to working mostly on outside jobs. At Ms. Fanta’s, flooring was put down in her kitchen and...
We have a (mostly) new crew of leadership this week 6 in Amory, along with a fun group of students from Conrad Grebel College, Ontario, CA. They were held up at the border for 4 hours, and we are so glad that they were able to continue on down to...
Our week five volunteers were a group of 14 men and women from the Goshen, Indiana area. It was also transition week and we were joined by the new construction supervisor from Manitoba on Wednesday, and by the next project director and office manager...
We were joined for week four by some new crew leaders. One came to us from the project at Wynne and another crew leader and the assistant cook came from Ontario to join our ranks. Rounding out the week was a crew of twelve men from Manitoba and...
A group of 14 energetic young men and ladies joined us from Pennsylvania for week three and got to enjoy beautiful springtime weather as well as make good progress again on our jobsites. We reluctantly said good-bye to our assistant cook on...
Week number two has come and gone, and again good progress was made. We welcomed a new group of strangers on Sunday and said goodbye to a group of friends on Saturday. This group came from Kansas and was a mixed bunch of folks with lots of skills...