Progress was made on the M & T Back home. Two retired couples came Tuesday and started painting interior walls on Wednesday. I, Joe, along with two young men from the Bruderhof community near my house, arrived Wednesday evening. We worked...
This week we had an energetic group of 14 young single adult Amish volunteers from eastern Lancaster County Pennsylvania. For 2 days there were 3 volunteers from Kansas. Last week I forgot to mention that Michael Hogg joined us as a long-term...
This week in Dawson Springs our weekly volunteers consisted of one. Bill from Indiana was our only weekly volunteer, and this was his second week of service. Despite this Monday through Thursday, we had a crew of 5 working on Lacy Duke’s house...
A group of six friends, Steve and Pat Hochstetler and Sam Bertron from Texas, Todd Fields and Stan Martin from North Carolina and Dennis Ries from South Dakota arrived at various times on Sunday for a week of repairing houses. The nine long-termers...
Sunday evening, our group of twelve long-term volunteers welcomed ten lively young girls from Wisconsin, along with their drivers, Chris & Edna and Ivan & Mary. Three of our long-term group completed their terms and returned home Wednesday....
This week our six long-term volunteers were joined by two more long termers, and a group of seventeen came for the week. On Breanna’s house, volunteers worked on the roof. Two bedrooms were taped, mudded, and painted. Flooring was installed in...
The Dawson Springs project started up again after being closed the end of March. The long-term volunteers arrived Wednesday thru Saturday 5/31-6/5. They worked at getting the base camp at 5758 Nortonville Rd, St Charles KY ready for volunteers on...
This past week in Red Lake was different than most in that we only had long-term volunteers. Some stayed in the volunteer center and others continued to stay at the casino hotel. The crew leaders and construction supervisor put in long days...
Greetings from Cape Breton! When Susan and I first contemplated joining MDS in Nova Scotia, it immediately rekindled memories of previous Maritime travels. It did not disappoint. Reflecting on the four weeks there, we were truly blessed. When I first...