Sunday evening found us with 15 new volunteers from Ohio, all of whom are either from the home congregation of Mike and Linda or their surrounding community. It’s so good to see these familiar faces, which includes our son, daughter-in-law and...
We had a very productive week down here in HOT southern Texas! First of all, because the temperatures were in the 90’s we had the AC Company come out and install the air conditioner units (mini-splits) in #15 Citation Dr., the house we finished...
A group of twelve volunteers came from eastern Ohio this week. Spike Weaver organized the group. Spike is also known for designing and building the drawers in the MDS tool trailers. Work was completed at the Paul Weaver home with a home dedication on...
Crisfield MDS welcomed 7 women from Wisconsin and a group from Byerland Mennonite Church in Pa. It was a week characterized by much laughter and joy. Monday morning the drywall at the Sterling house was completed and by the end of the week, it...
The Southwest Florida site welcomed 13 volunteers to Arcadia this week; grandparents from Carthage, NY, brought 5 of their teenaged grandchildren to serve with them, and a group of 6 young men joined us from Ephrata, PA. What good workers they all...
Why Walk When You Can Fly Mary Chapin Carpenter was born in Princeton, New Jersey in the late 1950’s. Her father was an executive with Life Magazine, while her mom was a folk singer and guitarist, from whom Mary learned to play guitar and...
It was a good week in Welsh! We started the week with a House Blessing at the home of Pastor Jerry and Phyllis. It was a great blessing to be able to make this house more livable for this couple. At Veronica’s house in Jennings, we sanded...
Volunteers from three different areas came to Eastern KY last week. A group of four from Western PA; a group of 6 from Southern Ohio; a group of three from Lancaster PA. They joined ten Long Term Volunteers including newcomers Bob and Sandy Martin,...
This week we had an extended family of 27 people join us to serve! They are the members of our crew leader Jonathan’s family, from Ohio and Kentucky. It’s a good dorm full! Monday found a crew heading to James’ to work on mudding drywall...