Last week’s “Athletes in Action” Soccer Camp at our host church was a great success. It was a quiet week at MDS camp with no weekly volunteers scheduled. We are back in business this week, with temperatures in the high 20s. We welcomed 19...
It was a melancholy week as we finished two projects and began closing down the camp. There have been some unique challenges over the past 6 weeks including a hurricane, flooding, non-potable water, sporadic septic pumping, shortage of jobs, rain...
Week of July 29 to August 3 we had a fun group of 12 from the Carpenter Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania. Aaron’s house had Four windows removed and replaced along with trim and painting the new windows inside and out. Parkhurst-Johnson’s house...
This week we were joined by a mixed group of 15 volunteers from Virginia and Pennsylvania. As of the end of this week, MDS volunteers have completed 31 jobs and are working on 4 more. Our efforts include cleaning up and removing trash and debris...
Transformations. One afternoon a group of long-term volunteers were sitting in the office. Someone with a familiar voice walked in asking for information cards for Hope Coalition. No one was able to place a name to the face and voice. After he...
How many volunteers were at the project site this week? Where did they come from? 8, PA, NC, IA Describe briefly the work done and the accomplishments for each job worked on. Concrete pads were poured at Harry Davis house. An access door was...
Week of July 21-26 we had a great group of 15 from the Bowmansville Mennonite Church in Pennsylvania. They brought a lot of energy and laughter to the MDS work site. Worked on Murial’s house installing windows, painted and installed the...
This week we welcomed 9 fun-loving youth and sponsors from Swamp Mennonite Church in Bally, Pennsylvania. After a long van ride here, they were ready to get settled in and serve the people in need in Venice. We were happy to welcome back Duane...
Work projects this week centered around a lot of digging. A great deal of mucking went on this week. Some of the mud was wet and heavy, making for a very dirty job. Other jobs were not quite so dirty as removal of muck in some of the basements...