Six couples – three American (OH,IA and IN) and three Canadian (BC, AB and MB) arrived last weekend in Welsh, La. For most, if not all, the weather and roads leading here were uncharacteristically good for this time of year. We will be...
Happy 2024 to all! At Jennings, Louisiana we have taken off running, with a large crew of 20 from New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Most of them are cousins, including (not leastly) Baby Juanita Zimmerman, who came along with her parents Ryan and Ida...
We had 12 weekly volunteers the week of January 8-12, 2024. Nine (8 men and 1 woman) came from Village Chapel in the Lancaster, PA, area. These folks were friends and relatives of two of the long term leadership. One young man came from Leola, PA...
This week saw us trying to bring our projects to a good stopping point. After getting much done on the Gaona home last week, the group is back at the Snelling house. The furring out has been completed, and prepping for drywall has begun. Cindy D. and...
A group of 12 young women and men from Pennsylvania joined us in Jennings for two weeks, Dec. 3-16. Since they were already familiar with the work, the second week started out smoothly. Larry joined us early in the second week to do the electrical...
This week we had a delightful and hardworking group of (young) Old Order Mennonite women from the New York Finger Lakes region. A married couple from Nebraska continued their service into a second week. There were a lot of good times and good...
We welcomed Karen Olson back to the jobsite this week, even with her broken arm in a splint and sling! Karen was not at the jobsite all the time, but when she was there, she relayed text messages and provided moral support for the rest of the team....
This week we were blessed by another group of volunteers from La Crete Alberta. There were 15 men, some were younger than others, but all were very energetic. Lots of work was done this week. On Monday a group went to Mary’s house to work on her...
This week a group of 11 young men from Pennsylvania joined us in Jennings. They were hard workers, and we accomplished a lot this week. They also took some time to have fun. We had rain in the forecast two days, but it only kept us from working...