Our group this week was four couples from Martinsburg and New Enterprise, Pennsylvania, all newlyweds. A fifth couple was scheduled to come but got sick. Two of them had been with us in Jennings as singles last winter! So it was fun to meet them with...
This week we had four people from Pennsylvania, three at very short notice. We were grateful they were able to come! One, Alvin, is an elderly construction worker who still works at least 10 hours a day! Five more volunteers came from New York, to...
The weekend was very busy with long-term leadership transition. This always means a grand bedding washing, room sweep-out (and usually a mop – good-bye, dust bunnies!), and a scramble to find enough clean pillows, sheets and blankets for the new...
Last Sunday we attended Pastor John Grayson’s church. He is on the long-term recovery team, pastors three churches, runs a small homeless shelter, a performing arts theater, and numerous other small missions in town. He held anointings for several...
On Sunday we welcomed a group of 11 from Harrisonburg, Virginia. The organizers were a son and daughter-in-law of our best Dennis and Mildred Showalter, with whom we have volunteered at least twice before. Some of their grandchildren came as well,...
The first week of this new year at Selma has been very productive. Our volunteers came from Philadelphia, Iowa, Goshen IN, Maryland, Delaware, New York, and other places. We had a pastor and a retired college professor to mix with our younger set,...
This week in Selma, we were joined by a central Pennsylvania group of 10 volunteers led by Jason Martin. They enjoyed a week of roofing and late-night volleyball. They left Thursday evening as the work we had planned was done and the leadership team...
This week in Selma, we were joined by the Marion Schmucker group of 9 volunteers from Nappanee, IN., ranging in age from 15 to 75. This group included three 15-year-olds… one accompanied by his grandfather and another by his father. The temperature...
