This week will be the final week for MDS in West Asheville, so we have jobs to finish, job cards to be signed, and packing up to do! A busy week is ahead! We have two short term volunteers this week, one from VA and one from Canada. We are also...
After 3 weeks of intense work, Jessie’s house in Steinhatchee was completed. Wall and ceilings repaired, new cabinets, new floors, every room and ceiling painted. Jessie is a shrimper and he and his friends threw a feast for us at the house...
Sixteen volunteers joined the existing crew leaders led by Project Director Don Lichti in Spartanburg this week. The majority of the group was a multiage contingent from Walnut Creek Mennonite Church in Ohio. In addition, from Harrisonburg VA, Marg...
We had another beautiful weather week in southeast Texas! Karen’s house is almost finished! This week Milton, Lorna, Loretta E and Merv finished installing the flooring and worked on installing the baseboards and quarter round around the...
We had a group of 10 young ladies from Pennsylvania this week and they blitzed the 3 houses with finish touch up paint, cleaning and staining the decks. On Saturday, March 28th we had a house blessing for all 3 new homes in Ironton. The long term...
A wonderfully energetic team of 10 men and 2 women served as Weekly Volunteers this past week, many from the Lancaster area of Pennsylvania. With their help and energy, our full team (including 7 LT volunteers) moved closer to achieving a more...
Our group this week came from Hartville, Ohio, a mature group of men who were willing to work hard and complete the job. This is the week we’re closing the project for the spring season, so we were trying to leave nothing undone. Unlike last week,...
It was a beautiful sunny Sunday and this evening we welcomed six men from Illinois and 8 men from PA. Two of the men from PA will be helping us out this week in various ways – Rob will be leading one of our crews as crew leader, and Ron will...
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...