Our final week before closing the MDS project in Conroe was jam-packed with activities. In addition to three home dedications, we had to take inventory and pack up all the things we had been using during the time the project was operating here and...
Now we come to the exciting time in an MDS project when the new builds are being completed and the home dedications are beginning. This week’s volunteers, consisting of a group of 10 folks (including one teenage grandson) from the Alexanderwohl...
This week our work group consisted of 8 young men from Wisconsin, a father and daughter pair from Ohio, and volunteers from Kansas, Colorado, and Texas. Work at the Cooke house this week included drywall finishing & painting and installing...
The incoming long-term leadership group was joined last week by a group of 15 energetic young people from New York and one Texan to start off our last month of work here in Conroe. As we make a marathon push to finish up our work here, the crew...
The highlight of the week for Conroe MDS was our lunch at Mr.Crumbley ’s house on Friday. A group of 16 volunteers from the Leamington area in Ontario, Canada joined us in Conroe this week. From day one, the group volunteering at the Crumbley...
2 years ago the Lyndaker family experienced 5 ft of water in their basement in their upstate New York home after a sudden flood. After the local MDS unit showed up to assist them with cleanup, they decided right then that they wanted to volunteer as...
This week we gathered 17 strangers together on Sunday, 8 from PA, 7 from Iowa, 1 from Maryland, and 1 from Winnipeg, Manitoba and mixed them up all week to work, sing, play and eat together and by Friday they were friends and no longer strangers! My...
Over the weekend we said goodbye to the very capable January team of Longterm Leadership that was lead by LeRoy Janzen. (Bob Nafziger, Dick Schrock, Harlan Martin, Kevin and Laura Zimmerman, Lorissa Nolt, Kristen Newswanger and Doreen Janzen) They...
On Sunday evening the first group of weekly volunteers from Iowa of 9 young people arrived later than expected due to delays of their flight. The second group of 6 young people from Canada arrived on Monday afternoon due to many closed roads with the...
