This week our group finished the first month of the 3-month RV project. A lot of progress was made on the Wilkes home. The living room ceiling and walls were completely drywalled and the first coat of mud applied and the subflooring completed ready...
This past week work continued on Miss Sonia’s home in Cleveland, Texas for Hope Disaster Recovery. Tasks included completion of the bathroom (painting and remounting a mirror). In the kitchen the walls were mudded, sanded and painted, new...
Over the weekend we said goodbye to the very capable January team of Longterm Leadership that was lead by LeRoy Janzen. (Bob Nafziger, Dick Schrock, Harlan Martin, Kevin and Laura Zimmerman, Lorissa Nolt, Kristen Newswanger and Doreen Janzen) They...
The short-term volunteer who stayed for three weeks left us, but the other ten short-term volunteers from last week stayed for another week! One crew worked on the siding and the front porch railing of the Yadao house Monday. Another crew spackled...
The word for this week was rain. We’re not talking once a day, as is typical for Puerto Rico, but it rained all day Sunday through Wednesday. Instead of the chickens crowing and the birds singing each morning as we woke up, we woke to the never-...
Jason, MDS driver of volunteers extraordinaire, with his assistant driver, Titus, transported 10 other young Groffdale conference men from Lancaster County to work with us in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, LA for the week of February 1 – 9, 2026. Ingrid of...
Our month of service has come to a close, and we will miss our lovely haven in the woods beside Deer Lake. We fed the deer for the last time and watched the flock of turkeys waddle through the yard. The next month’s long-term volunteers...
On Sunday evening the first group of weekly volunteers from Iowa of 9 young people arrived later than expected due to delays of their flight. The second group of 6 young people from Canada arrived on Monday afternoon due to many closed roads with the...
This past week, the team continued to work on the home in Cleveland, Texas for Hope Disaster Recovery. Work included (almost) finishing the bathroom, new shower plumbing, and a new tiled floor. In the small kitchen area, drywall was mounted and...
