Sunday, November 2, we welcomed a group of eighteen men from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Except for one, most of them have served multiple times with Mennonite Disaster Service. Ten of the men worked on the houses, and eight worked on bridges....
Work continued this week at both Robin’s and Buster’s houses. We keep thinking we are nearing the finish line, but complications, conundrums, more questions, and even some drama arise. Buster’s house shifted about two feet during Hurricane...
By Week Three, we are really feeling like a team. We know each other better, and it is easier for Jim, our construction supervisor, to assign jobs. Plumbers, electricians, drywallers, painters — we fell into a rhythm and worked hard together. At...
Week One was discovery, finding out what we had to do. Week Two was moving forward slowly and steadily. By now, while our enthusiasm was not diminished, despite a good dose of reality having set in, we knew, or at least we thought we knew, what...
We had a total of 4 volunteers during this week 11/3-11/7, 1 Weekly, and 3 Leadership volunteers, to work on the Summey, Kaufmann, and Beg Bridges in Black Mountain, and the Albright and Gongage Bridges in Hendersonville. Our...
With the invaluable input of the local LTRG, nine RV volunteers eagerly headed off to two jobs first thing Monday morning. They came home later that afternoon, tired but exhilarated, having accomplished everything and more than had been planned for...
Volunteers this week came from Ohio, Montana, and Washington State. Framing continued on house #1, and by the end of the week, the outside walls were up. Walls were poured on house #3, and forms were removed, cleaned, and oiled in preparation for the...
On Sunday, October 26, two groups of volunteers arrived at the RSAA (Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Asheville) building—formerly the Presbyterian Church—to work with MDS for the week. One group of seven men arrived from Blooming Glen,...
October 31, 2025 Summey Bridge, Kaufmann Bridge, Beg Bridge – Black Mountain, NC We had a total of 8 volunteers during this week 10/26-10/31, 4 Weekly, 1 Long Term, and 3 Leadership volunteers, to work on the Sumey, Kaufmann, and Beg Bridges in...
