Thirteen students from Hillcrest Academy in Iowa joined us on Sunday evening, along with their two group leaders. All the students are away from school at various learning experiences and we are glad they chose to serve here with MDS. This is a...
Two Hands Townes Van Zandt was born in 1944 in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was one of the most brilliant and talented songwriters of all time, and at the same time, one of the most troubled of human beings. Many of his songs reached the top of...
Life over the past few weeks has been a blur! We arrived at camp and hit the ground running. There was so much to do—the camp needed to be set up, walls needed to be built, leadership needed to be organized, grocery shopping needed to be done,...
This week we were greeted with heavily misted mornings for several days. While it gave the camp a magical feel, it proved to make driving dangerous as our teams left for their work sites. We praise God that no accidents occurred. The beginning of...
This last week of March began with much promise on several fronts. The weather was sunny, we had good work to do, and we had volunteers staying and coming who could do the work needed. The Neufeld’s from Vancouver continued for another week, and...
Six men from Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, three men and one woman from Waynesboro, Virginia area, two men from New Cumberland, Pennsylvania and one from Delta, Pennsylvania comprised the team of volunteers this week. With all that manpower, a huge...
As is always on any MDS project, our last week at McAllen TX RV is bittersweet. We are so happy to have given, through Christ, so many people a completed house to live in and in turn the gift of hope, but so sad to be leaving all the wonderful people...
Oh Glory, How Happy I Am Rev. Gary Davis was one of dozens of musicians discovered and recorded by Alan Lomax in the 1940’s. His many gospel songs, plus his vocal and guitar style influenced many performers. He was born in 1896 in South...
Well, it has been a times of lasts here in Louisiana! Last week we cleaned at Jacob’s house and we continued to work at Chris’ house. We installed paneling and ceiling fan in main bedroom. We painted and trimmed the front bedroom,...