Nine volunteers from Wisconsin joined us this week. In preparation for the home dedications next week they painted, hung doors, finished closets, trimmed windows, installed vanities, microwaves and baseboard. The homes are built on slabs. This week...
This week we were blessed with a group (11) of young adults and their leaders from a church in Pennsylvania. This week we started a new job at Genevieve’s house. This house has quite a long list of items to complete including some demolition and...
Completed Mr Pablo’s roof. They had to create new trusses and add a hurricane resistant tin roof. Similarly, they completed the final touches to the fine work began by the January Teams on Mr Andre’s and Miss Joan’s houses. It was a week of...
Like many authors and composers whose works appear in books like Heartland Hymns, I. E. Diekenga and Fred Coblentz are without any biographical information available, at least online. In 1906, Coblentz wrote music for the words Diekenga wrote in...
We have a (mostly) new crew of leadership this week 6 in Amory, along with a fun group of students from Conrad Grebel College, Ontario, CA. They were held up at the border for 4 hours, and we are so glad that they were able to continue on down to...
This week we welcomed 16 Rosedale Bible College students to Port Charlotte. We were also joined by two daily volunteers. Kayla was in the area because her husband had some meetings. Dave was here to work one day with his grandson, who was a Rosedale...
Our new volunteers arrived on Sunday, despite some traffic delays. We’re always thankful for the safe arrival of our volunteers after their traveling many miles to come to serve with MDS! This week we have a couple from Illinois, a couple from...
This week we had another group of internationals! Except this week we had more Canadian’s than other countries, we all got along just fine, (even after Canada won the 4Nations hockey) and it was great working together. Amazing things happen when...
We continue to work on Don’s house in Steinhtchee, where water damage is prevalent throughout the house. Walls were torn off three feet down, and flooring has been repaired and subfloor placed. Removing the carpeting and pieces that were left...
