On June 14, we said our goodbyes to the last two scholarship students who left at 4:30 am so that they could see the ocean before their flight. Mark was so kind to take them to White Rock. Thanks Mark! Painting the inside of the house was well on its...
The Venice team this week included Mitch Kingsley (PD, Ohio), Val and Lynn Kipfer (head and assistant cook, Indiana), Stan Kauffman (OM, Michigan), Bruce Kindey (CL, Ohio), Ray Heisey (CL, Virginia), year-long volunteers Maik Hinz (Germany) and Mary...
I am partial to songs that originate in Texas, but I admit that many great songs come from other places. Will Kimbrough, born in southern Alabama, growing up with the traffic and ideas flowing along US 90, the Gulf Coast Highway, has written songs...
Katie & Jonathon Snyder from IN, year-long volunteers, continue to serve as Crew Leaders until early August. Also here for this week were Crew Leaders Norm Yoder and Bill Metschulat, Project Director Abe Wiebe, Office Manager Emily Goertz, and...
Some of the weekly volunteers from Loogootee, IN, were familiar faces to our project director and construction supervisor. They had previously served in Dawson Springs, KY, two years ago building new homes. The work was different for them this...
Cooks for this week were Gabby Bomberger and Beth Bomberger from Pennsylvania. Katie & Jonathon Snyder from IN, are the year-long volunteers still with us, and will continue to serve as Crew Leaders until early August. Also here for this week...
The Venice, Florida, leadership team was greeted on June 17 by Region 1 ROC David Kanagy, who had begun several days earlier setting up our headquarters for this new project, on the grounds of our host congregation. This project is part of a...
A group of 15 cheerful, lively young people and their leaders from West Liberty, Ohio, arrived Sunday evening, ready for a week of service in Perry, Florida. They divided into three teams for working at Annie’s, Ella Mae’s and Patty’s houses....
We had a lively crew of 4 families this week at Summer Family Camp at Sakanaga. They include, Ion & Marie Brubaker and their 6 children age 2 – 13 from ON, Josh and Rosemary Blessing and their children Joelyn and Micah from PA, Dustin &...
