A group of fourteen Old Order Amish from Indiana arrived at Bethel Camp early Monday afternoon. They came to our rescue, on rather short notice, after the ghroup previously scheduled was unable to come. After a quick lunch, the Indiana group...
In many communities of Mexico, during the days leading up to Christmas, the sounds of Pidiendo Posada can be heard. This folk song, about “requesting shelter” is a conversation with two parts. One part is the pilgrims, Joseph and Mary, and...
Weekly report from Paradise, CA for the week of November 7-11. We had a large group of volunteers from Winnipeg, Manitoba this week from The Meeting Place organized by Denis Sabourin. We were very thankful for all the help. Something very unusual...
Week 3 at the McAllen project was a busy one again. A group of six men from the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Seminole TX managed to accomplish more than we could have imagined. At the Cisneros house, electrical boxes were installed, and wire...
We welcomed a number of long-term volunteers who will serve out the remaining weeks until this project office “hibernates” until after the new year. Along with these 4 recent long-termers from New York state and Pennsylvania, and the 3 long-...
Six weekly volunteers, four from Ontario, Canada, one from Pennsylvania and one from Michigan, arrived Sunday evening to join the long-term crew of five. In addition, the cook’s sister came for a few days and utilized her painting skills. (If you...
This week we had 5 volunteers on site, in addition to the long-term staff; 3 young men from Pennsylvania, a young women from New Hampshire, and our cook from Pennsylvania. More tree cutting was completed for a few people, as well as cleaning up one...
In addition to the long-term volunteer crew of five, eleven weekly volunteers from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin arrived to work on four houses in the eastern Kentucky area. It was a great week with the help of the Wisconsin crew who worked on two...
Oh, what a week it has been in SW Louisiana!!!! We are still working on Brandalyn’s house in Elton. We finished the drywall in the kitchen, drywalled the ceiling in the bath and framed and insulated for the tub enclosure. We installed...