We began this week on Saturday when four volunteers came to work over the Labor Day holiday weekend. A couple from Pittsburg worked on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, and two volunteers from Indianapolis worked from Saturday afternoon through Tuesday...
This week we had a crew of 18. Three from Kingsville, Elora, and Kitchener, Ont; five from Grunthal, Altona, and Steinbach, Man.; one couple from Saskatoon Sask.; six from St. Albert, Sexsmith and Calgary, Alta.; and two from Abbotsford and Blind Bay...
Sunday, August 21st found the early response team gathering for their orientation meeting at Camp Nathanael near Hindman, KY. Brent Trumbo, investigator, had already been at work contacting folks in the community to see what needs were most needed...
We saw a lot of work accomplished this week by a group of 10 strapping young men, aged 19, from Southern Ontario, all part of the Markham Waterloo Mennonite Conference. They were great workers and sang while doing their work. They also blessed us by...
We enjoyed a fun week with the Bomberger family from Lititz, Pennsylvania. Gabby Bomberger, MDS Volunteer Training Specialist, along with her father, Todd, and brother, Zach, arrived Sunday evening. They put in a full week of work, along with our...
August 14 to 20 was a quiet, but exciting week in Jennings, Louisiana. It was a quiet week because we had no weekly volunteers. It was an exciting week because Jonas Schmidt, from Altenbeken, Germany arrived mid-week as a year-long volunteer. Jonas...
We welcomed Mary Joyce and Laura Faye from New York as our two weekly volunteers this week. Mary Joyce has worked with MDS previously and she filled our expectations of serving as a capable fill-in crew leader. They worked at the house in Elton,...
This week we had the privilege having Natalie Kehler with us for the second week. She’s been a very willing, able and capable volunteer these past two weeks and we wish her all the best in the next week, which is her 3rd week here. Joining us this...
Cooks: Marilyn Armstrong, Sara Wiebe, Directors Philip and Elvira Wiebe. Volunteers: 1 family (2 adults, 3 teens). This week we focused on a lot of finishing details. We had a lot of work started but needed to tie up loose ends. Deck material came in...
