This week we welcomed 8 wonderful youth and sponsors from Oak Grove Mennonite Church in Smithville, Ohio. They came ready to serve the people in need in Venice. We also welcomed a three-week volunteer, Kyana, to the project. She was readily included...
This week we welcomed 23 energetic youth and adults from Crossroads Mennonite Church in Indiana. They came ready to work hard and enjoy their time in Venice. We also began July with a new group of long-term volunteers. Verne Geissinger came as...
The RV camp lies in a green field surrounded by cornfields and pine covered hills. This week the team consisted of 6 volunteers: Steve and Pam Haskin (PD and OM) from Duncannon, PA; Steve and Cindy Detwiler from Flat Rock, NC; and Leonard and Twila...
This past week our entire group was the beneficiary of a woman’s “two mites.” The work crew delivered a box of food to her when they went to work at her house. She immediately asked if she could give them something to eat. She had no food...
This week July 1-5, 2024, brought beautiful weather. Mostly sunny days and warmer than the last couple or weeks. We did get rain in the late afternoon, on Tuesday, but we were able to work every day. We worked on Jerry’s job, which started on...
Fourteen volunteers worked on sites in the North Shuswap this week. The volunteers came from Winnipeg, Red Deer, Morden, Winkler, Meldrum Bay, Waldheim, Edmonton, Leamington, Chatham, Blind Bay and Port Moody. We were joined by seven community...
Two words describe the week. Community and diversity. Or are the words diversity and community? We had two groups of volunteers from the Lancaster, PA, area. One group consisted of five plain women, and the other group was made up of a church...
