On July 10 we welcomed a group of five hardworking youth and their 2 sponsors from Fairview, Oklahoma. Most of their week was spent at the camp continuing to take down trees, remove slash, and run it through the chipper. Even though the group was...
We had five young, energetic men join us this week – two from Lancaster, PA and three from WV. Several of them had previously served with MDS, and they all came with valuable carpentry skills. One volunteer was a Ukrainian refugee being...
MDS was blessed with an incredible group of volunteers this week. We had the privilege of hosting a small group of guys from Blumenort (Man.) Mennonite Church (two leaders and two youth), as well as a number of couples from Abbotsford, Alberta, and...
We were delighted to welcome another Goshen group from the Assembly Mennonite Church. Our own Darin Bontrager and his wife Amy were sponsors for the group. The group arrived Sunday evening and completed the orientation provided by Don, project...
Over the weekend, we said goodbye to Carol and Leon Brubaker (head cook and crew leader) and welcomed our new cooks for the month of July, Tim and Dottie Weber. Herb Hoover also joined our team as a crew leader. We welcomed another energetic youth...
On July 3, we welcomed a group of seven volunteers and three sponsors from the Trinity Mennonite Church in Phoenix, Arizona. The group worked at the Riverside Baptist Church Camp. Much of the downed wood that last week’s group cut down was cleared...
We were blessed with the arrival of 17 energetic youth and sponsors from Yellow Creek Mennonite Church located in Goshen, Indiana. They had an amazing level of energy in spite of the fact they left their home place 2:30 a.m., drove to Chicago, flew...
This week we had the privilege of hosting a youth group from the Evangelical Mennonite Mission Church (EMMC) in Winkler, MB. There were five leaders (including Tim Goertzen, the Youth Pastor) and 14 youth in this wonderful group. Immediately upon...
Sunday evening a very energetic, excited, and very well-mannered group of 17 arrived from the Franconia Mennonite Church, with two more arriving later in the week. This group of twenty somethings brought a variety of skills and a strong work ethic....