This week there were a total of 9 volunteers at the project in Liberty, TX. The volunteers were again divided between two projects: Work continued in Handley’s home (Home #2). The team finished drywalling and started painting. On Tuesday, Jan...
One of the weekly volunteers expressed what many felt last week. What is one suggestion that would improve your MDS experience? “Sunny weather.” The first four days were cool, drizzly, and cloudy. By Friday the sun broke through and...
Liberty Texas RV Project Week of Jan 20, 2025 This week there were a total of 9 volunteers at the project in Liberty, TX. The volunteers were again divided between two projects: On Tuesday, Jan 21, 2025 the team was forced to take a snow day due to...
This was a week of surprises! We have had unseasonably cold weather for January in Texas – or, at least, most of us thought it would be warmer than it has been! However, the snow on Tuesday morning was a real surprise. We decided to go ahead...
The week of January 20 – 24, in Merced, CA, included 14 weekly volunteers, homes ranging from Iowa to Ontario and Alberta. They did some floor work again – tearing out and replacing with durock and tile. Painting, priming, mudding, sanding,...
We had a great second week on the sites in Wynne, Arkansas. Our group of volunteers were eleven folks from Pennsylvania including three young couples along with the family from Ohio. On Miss Pat’s house we finished setting the trusses, installed...
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...
I have seen 19 years of short term volunteer groups giving up a week or more of their lives to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus. Many are memorable. One group of young Amish men from Pennsylvania still comes to my mind often. Partly due to the...
It was a rather chilly week, as the nighttime lows reached into the 20s and highs were in the 40s, but our RV volunteers kept warm working inside Peggy and Joe’s houses. Peggy’s ceilings have been drywalled and painted. Soon the crown molding...