1. How many volunteers were at the project site this week? Where did they come from? For the week of January 30 – February 3, our weekly volunteers were a group of old order Mennonite young people – 6 males and 6 females from the...
We had a very foggy week on Grand Isle! For three days the fog never lifted all day. It looked like we were living in a blizzard, but a warm blizzard. ? Work continued on Miss Hayle’s home in spite of the drizzly fog. Siding is progressing...
Greetings from finally sunny SW Lousiania!! We had quite a bit of rain again last week, but have had a couple of sunny days before the next round of rain. It gets pretty muddy down here!! This week we put up the lights and fans at Kenisha’...
Cleo Koop is back, with a group of 24 “oldies” (but goodies) from Kansas. We had a busy week taking care of everyone, but as usual, the work progressed to our satisfaction. Three of Cleo’s crew work in a newly-established MDS cabinet shop back...
The weather was a little more wintry this week with rain, sleet and frosty temperatures, but still much got done on our projects. We are thankful for indoor work on days like this. Fourteen men and women from Pennsylvania joined us and as usual,...
House Blessing – the culmination of many volunteers working together preparing a house to become a home! Our group of RVers witnessed the joy, excitement and some shock which was expressed by the husband/father of this home. He still has a hard...
We were joined this week by a group of 20 folks from the Maple Grove Mennonite Church in PA, as well as a new long-term couple who also came to us from PA. Work at Edith’s house is almost done, just a few more small things to take care of before we...
Well, it has been another busy week here is Welsh! In addition to all of our MDS projects, there are days that we feel we need to start building the Ark down here. It has been quite rainy and stormy down here this week. Tuesday night we had...
Work is progressing on Miss Hayle’s home. We made great strides on re-siding her home. We are waiting for a shower unit to arrive to be able to finish putting her bathroom back in working order. We had some excitement on Tuesday evening. We...