My First Week in Maui, by Gracia Brewer Gluing trusses. Painting. Caulking. Snorkeling. Flying in a plane. Swimming with sea turtles. Seeing the ocean. Eating delicious food. My first week in Maui has been filled with new adventures! My week started...
Rollin Ulrich writing, as I am privileged to serve with MDS as the Project Director in Elk for a few of the waning weeks of 2025. As I arrived in Elk, I was warmly greeted by the LTV staff at the camp. Some I knew, some I did not. As I tell Velma...
We have been enjoying beautiful sunshine & warm temperatures here in Perry, FL. It appears we have critters among us (no, the Fire Ants have all but disappeared, thank goodness!) There are Mini-Gophers digging up our field and all around our...
A volunteer from British Columbia joined two couples from northern Indiana as our short-term volunteers this week. They joined four long-term volunteers from northern New York, along with our three crew leaders, to form three crews. One crew began...
This was a transition week at West Asheville, with Jeff, Josie and Joetta being replaced by Peter Goertzen, Betty Simensen and Erwin (Erv) Willms. Sunday evening, November 23, we welcomed a group of three men from Alberta, a couple from Pennsylvania...
Our second group of November volunteers arrived after a long day of travel, excited to be here and ready to help build houses. Fifteen volunteers came from Virginia, Indiana, New York, Nebraska, South Dakota and Canada. On Monday morning, work...
Ray and Mim Heisey, along with Cindy Lee and Steve (Coalman) Sanderson, arrived a few days early to get acquainted with the area and the jobs that were, and still are, in progress. Ray will be serving as Project Director, and Cindy Lee will be...
We had a total of 11 volunteers during the week of 11/17–11/21: 8 weekly volunteers and 3 leadership volunteers, working on the Albright and Gongage bridges in Hendersonville, and the Martin Bridge in Flat Rock. Our volunteers were from PA, VA, OH...
This week in Lahaina, volunteers continued steady progress on several fire recovery projects. House 3, a new build, is moving forward, while updates are pending for House 4 as the team works with Brandy to confirm homeowner names and signatures....
