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...
This was the first week on the job in Wynne, Arkansas. Our volunteers were a group of 13 from Pennsylvania and New York. Along with a family from Ohio. Two of the house foundations were completed on Tuesday and the other two were completed on Friday...
The week started rather quietly. Our weekly volunteers came from the Groffdale Conference in Pennsylvania. Participants’ names were chosen in a drawing to serve with MDS. When they arrived, someone asked them if they knew each other since...
We began our second week in Newton by attending the Jasper County Cowboy Church on Sunday morning. In the evening, we met to celebrate Mary’s birthday with ice cream, snacks and another rousing game of Swipe. Monday morning, we again split into...