I have camped under the stars in a lot of places over my 76 years, from the banks of the Guadalupe River in Texas, to the shores of Lake Guri in Venezuela and up near timberline in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains of Colorado. When waking up outdoors...
Pennsylvania came to Venice, Florida, and worked hard to complete all our houses that needed to be finished. The group of 10 youths were led by Ryan and Kristen Horst and Mitchell and Alyssa Horst. They worked and learned new skills in building...
Katie & Jonathon Snyder, year-long volunteers, continued to serve as Crew Leaders, ending this week. Also, finishing their Long Term month were Eric Wiebe, Ed Lombardi, Lynn Miller, Thaine Dirks, and Richard and Marjorie Heatwole. The...
What a great week July 21-25, 2025, in Venice, Florida. It was extremely hot and humid, but the atmosphere was light, happy and willing to see God’s glory shine. This week’s group of 13 came from the Bridgewater VA area with Wilda and Sheldon...
Katie & Jonathon Snyder, year-long volunteers, continued to serve as Crew Leaders until early August. Also, here for this week were Crew Leaders Eric Wiebe and Ed Lombardi, Project Director Lynn Miller, Office Manager Thaine Dirks, and cooks...
Our group of SYP volunteers came from Bowmansville Mennonite Church in PA. Again the group brought energetic workers who helped complete projects that had begun and were waiting to be brought to completion. The “big” project of the week...
Each of the groups of weekly volunteers has brought hard workers. This past week volunteers came from Plain City, OH. No matter the task, someone has pitched in and done what needed to be done. We’ve had a few “small” jobs completed this...
Katie & Jonathon Snyder, year-long volunteers, continued to serve as Crew Leaders until early August. Also, here for this week were Crew Leaders Norm Yoder and Dale Horst, Project Director Lynn Miller, Office Manager Thaine Dirks, and cooks...
The Venice leadership team this week continued as last week, with PD LeRoy Janzen (NE), cooks Val and Lynn Kipfer (IN), OM Stan Kauffman (MI), CS Bob Nafziger (PA), crew leaders Maik Hinz (Germany) and Lowell Peachey (KS). Rita Peachey assisted...
