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Weekly Reports

Elk, WA – Jan. 4- 10, 2026

How blessed we are to begin the new year here at this lovely facility at Loon Lake, WA.  We enjoy seeing flocks of turkeys walk through our yard every day and daily visits of several deer that we can feed from our hands.  Our Long-Term Volunteer...

West Asheville, NC – Jan. 4- 9, 2026

Long term Volunteers with Bridges and Traditional returned to West Ashville from 1/2/26 to 1/5/25.  Weekly volunteers for the Bridge project arrived Sunday PM.  What a gorgeous week weatherwise to work on bridges and to visit ongoing worksites and...

Elk, WA – Dec. 14- 19, 2025

After a six-day train trip, ten young men from New York arrived in Elk to help finish up the four houses started from scratch early in October. Their skills and enthusiasm were evident right up until supper on Friday night. On Thursday, they knocked...

West Asheville, NC – Dec. 14- 20, 2025

Sunday evening, December 14, we welcomed a group of thirteen men from Pennsylvania, and a college student from Virginia, to work on housing repairs.   Two local men volunteered with us on Thursday.  Monday, we were joined for...

West Asheville, NC – Nov. 30- Dec. 6, 2025

Sunday evening, November 30, we welcomed a group of three men from Alberta, a man from Ohio, and a man from Pennsylvania to work on housing repairs.  A long term volunteer decided to stay an extra week, and a man, John Murphy, from...

Lahaina, HI – Dec. 13-19, 2025

By Donovan Brewer, age 13, 8th grade  Aloha, from Lahaina! This is Donovan, one of three children at the Lahaina MDS volunteer group.  Jumping into things, the week started off with roofing on both of the houses we are working on. Along with...

Lahaina, HI – Dec. 8-12, 2025

Week 2 in Lahaina, by Jeremiah Brewer (age 9, Fourth Grade)  Working in Lahaina the last two weeks has been fun, but I also have been homesick at times. This week I helped deliver tools to people, painted a little bit, learned more about truss...

Elk, WA – Dec. 7- 12, 2025

Once again, time seems to fly by, another week has passed, another weekly group came as strangers and left as brothers and sisters.   On Sunday evening we were greeted by the team from Saskatchewan, led by Peter Matens. The team was comprised of...

Perry, FL – Dec. 8-12, 2025 (RV)

It’s hard to believe, this was our last week here in Perry, FL!  What a week it was!!  We were able to have a House Blessing with Annie. What a glorious day!  She was so proud of everything that has been done and is looking forward to new...

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