Like many authors and composers whose works appear in books like Heartland Hymns, I. E. Diekenga and Fred Coblentz are without any biographical information available, at least online. In 1906, Coblentz wrote music for the words Diekenga wrote in...
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...
This week we welcomed 16 Rosedale Bible College students to Port Charlotte. We were also joined by two daily volunteers. Kayla was in the area because her husband had some meetings. Dave was here to work one day with his grandson, who was a Rosedale...
Our new volunteers arrived on Sunday, despite some traffic delays. We’re always thankful for the safe arrival of our volunteers after their traveling many miles to come to serve with MDS! This week we have a couple from Illinois, a couple from...
This week we had another group of internationals! Except this week we had more Canadian’s than other countries, we all got along just fine, (even after Canada won the 4Nations hockey) and it was great working together. Amazing things happen when...
We continue to work on Don’s house in Steinhtchee, where water damage is prevalent throughout the house. Walls were torn off three feet down, and flooring has been repaired and subfloor placed. Removing the carpeting and pieces that were left...
This week the volunteers numbering 15 were an international group. There were volunteers from New York, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. By far the largest group consisted of college students from Winnipeg, Canada. Work was done on the Reynold’s...
What a rainy cold week we had in southeast Texas this week! The temperatures were in the 30’s earlier in the week, but Jim had gotten the furnace turned on in Jose’s house so working there was comfortable. However, the furnace was turned off...
Volunteers from Manitoba and Pennsylvania joined us this week. With their help the carpenter work at Scott’s house is finished. That included hanging doors, installing cabinets, trimming doors and windows and touch up painting. The Wynne Long Term...