A group of six friends, Steve and Pat Hochstetler and Sam Bertron from Texas, Todd Fields and Stan Martin from North Carolina and Dennis Ries from South Dakota arrived at various times on Sunday for a week of repairing houses. The nine long-termers...
Sunday evening, our group of twelve long-term volunteers welcomed ten lively young girls from Wisconsin, along with their drivers, Chris & Edna and Ivan & Mary. Three of our long-term group completed their terms and returned home Wednesday....
This week our six long-term volunteers were joined by two more long termers, and a group of seventeen came for the week. On Breanna’s house, volunteers worked on the roof. Two bedrooms were taped, mudded, and painted. Flooring was installed in...
The Dawson Springs project started up again after being closed the end of March. The long-term volunteers arrived Wednesday thru Saturday 5/31-6/5. They worked at getting the base camp at 5758 Nortonville Rd, St Charles KY ready for volunteers on...
This past week in Red Lake was different than most in that we only had long-term volunteers. Some stayed in the volunteer center and others continued to stay at the casino hotel. The crew leaders and construction supervisor put in long days...
Greetings from Cape Breton! When Susan and I first contemplated joining MDS in Nova Scotia, it immediately rekindled memories of previous Maritime travels. It did not disappoint. Reflecting on the four weeks there, we were truly blessed. When I first...
And it came to pass…. On Wednesday the sounds of saws cutting through layers of brick, block and insulation were heard, creating the opening for the door. The door itself was installed later that evening and we had a second entrance/exit. It was...
Between thinking we would be able to move into the volunteer center and adding “two more days” onto our stay at the Seven Clans Casino Hotel, we have heard those words often. As I write, we are still waiting for local workers to cut through the...
This week, John Little from Sacramento gave a helping hand to long-term volunteers Clara Coblentz, Jonas Schmidt, Don and Rachel Horst as we closed up the Paradise camp. Our crew of five was little but mighty! The cabinets and counter top were...
