Longterm staffers were joined by a group of 8 persons from Central Kansas, most of them from the Eden Mennonite Church. Work crews were divided between the house that was started last week, and a second house nearby. At the Cisneros house, also...
We experienced another beautiful week of warm, sunny weather in Paradise, CA just perfect for outside painting. We painted all the wood trim for Ms. Dechter’s home outside on saw horses. Perfataping and sanding was done on the interior of the...
The leadership team of six welcomed four weekly volunteers, all from the state of Virginia although not all from the same location in the state, for the first week of Fall 2022 work at the McAllen project. Once again, we are partnered with UMCOR (...
Another week has passed. We continue to experience beautiful fall weather for which we are so thankful. This week as many have celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada, we at the MDS Monte Lake, B.C. project experienced God’s goodness to us in so...
Volunteers this week were from Iowa and Virginia and Ohio. They continued work on the homes we started last week, and we added a third home to work on. We exchanged the 1 weekly volunteer for another. Tyler came with construction work experience...
We had a very productive week in Paradise with just a few weekly volunteers. Drywall was completed on Ms. Dechter’s home and the first coat of mudding was almost done by the end of the week. A big change was made at Mr. Ream’s home with side...
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...