Six young men from Ontario joined a couple from Alberta and a man from North Carolina and successfully completed our two final projects by Thursday afternoon. Even the tropical depression that settled in on Tuesday night could not stop the...
This was our final week in southeast Texas at the Newton RV project. The week started out sunny and warm but ended a bit rainy. Just in time for all of us to get our RV’s ready for the trip home. On Monday, Merv and Loretta finished up at Karen...
This week in Lahaina, we received fourteen new volunteers. A mother and daughter team came from Virginia while one man came from Pennsylvania. We had three young men from Michigan and three couples and one woman from Oregon. We were short by two,...
This was our final week at the project. On Monday, we celebrated the dedication of Missy H’s new home with songs, prayers, and food. Her niece Jessica paid tribute to how hospitable Missy was with her home space, having opened her home to many...
This week will be the final week for MDS in West Asheville, so we have jobs to finish, job cards to be signed, and packing up to do! A busy week is ahead! We have two short term volunteers this week, one from VA and one from Canada. We are also...
After 3 weeks of intense work, Jessie’s house in Steinhatchee was completed. Wall and ceilings repaired, new cabinets, new floors, every room and ceiling painted. Jessie is a shrimper and he and his friends threw a feast for us at the house...
Sixteen volunteers joined the existing crew leaders led by Project Director Don Lichti in Spartanburg this week. The majority of the group was a multiage contingent from Walnut Creek Mennonite Church in Ohio. In addition, from Harrisonburg VA, Marg...
We had another beautiful weather week in southeast Texas! Karen’s house is almost finished! This week Milton, Lorna, Loretta E and Merv finished installing the flooring and worked on installing the baseboards and quarter round around the...
We had a group of 10 young ladies from Pennsylvania this week and they blitzed the 3 houses with finish touch up paint, cleaning and staining the decks. On Saturday, March 28th we had a house blessing for all 3 new homes in Ironton. The long term...