Greetings from another great week in Southwest Louisiana! The weather was good for the week with a little bit of rain (which also increased the humidity). We continued to work on Brandalyn’s house in Elton. We started on a little bit of...
As autumn moves into this area, nights are cooler and still the beautiful sun carries on, shining on the mountains across from the Westwold Hall where the crews are housed and meals are served. The harvest moon, along with stars lights up the night...
Over the weekend the MDS project moved from Knott to Breathitt County. We thank Camp Nathanael for their hospitality while we were there! And now Bethel Mennonite Camp has given us a warm welcome here. This week we had 1 volunteer from Lancaster...
Paradise, CA project site is up and running again after a few months of inactivity. We are a small but energetic group! Finishing touches and some modifications were made to Ms. Hanley’s kitchen cabinets which finished off her job. Sheetrock...
After driving a combined total of 3,778 miles Duane and Jean Anderson, Bob and Cyndi Ratzlaff and David and Karen Olson arrive in Welsh, Louisiana. We are staying in the beautiful City Park here in Welsh along with great facilities, walking paths...
This week on the Monte Lake project, the Eager’s home main floor was completed and the deck door installed. The wood cook stove piping was installed so the attic space can then be insulated. In the basement, the drywall is installed, taping and...
We had two separate groups of volunteers this week. Four individuals came from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Kansas City and stayed at our project base at Camp Nathanael. Four young Amish men from Pennsylvania came through Storm Aid and were lodged at...
This week we had a crew of 24: Four from Manitoba (Altona, Steinbach and Grunthal), three from Saskatoon, two couples from St Albert and Sexsmith, Alberta and 13 from B.C.—Blind Bay, Trail, Fruitvale, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Kelowna, and Cranbrook...
Three weekly volunteers, Carli, Vicki and Randy Wilt from York, PA arrived safe and sound Sunday evening. The Wilt family was welcomed on their first MDS assignment by our long term volunteers, Mim & Leo Martin, from New Holland, PA, Jonas...