Our long-term volunteers (Michelle, Tim, Alan, Doug, Don & Rachel) welcomed the Zimmermans from Mifflinburg, PA as well as a team of four from Goshen, IN, making a total of twelve volunteers here this week. On Monday the trim boards that were...
In 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Paul writes “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in everything; hold fast to what is good.” We here at Coastal Bend are giving thanks for God’s hand of protection over our group as...
Continuing on as a long term volunteer at the Jennings project is Doug Goertzen, serving as a Crew Leader. New to the site is Alan Landis serving as another Crew Leader; Tim & Michelle Gerber serving as Head Cook and Assistant Cook and Don &...
The team did an amazing amount of work last week, finishing framing and enclosing Chris Allen’s home and nearly completing Alan Todd’s home. A well-deserved weekend was filled with traveling around the area, some visiting the Grand Coulee Dam,...
This week, our five long-term volunteers, Don, Project Director, Pennsylvania; Ryan, Construction Supervisor, Indiana; Ed and Ruth, Crew Leader and Office Manager, Kansas; Tina, Cook from Indiana, were joined by two weekly volunteers – Hans, from...
The group just finished up Mike Halfmann’s home and the joy that was expressed by Mike and Jeannie touched each one of us. Mike has been working on this home since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. We laid flooring throughout home, painted trim and...
This week we had a group of Thirteen Old Order Mennonites volunteers from Southern Eastern Pennsylvania, who came eager to serve at our project. In addition, Don and Rachel Horst have joined our MDS team to serve. They will replace Verne and Gary as...
The Paradise RV project has concluded its second week in Butte County. We worked on Sherylee’s home in Concow again this week. Because of the inclement weather, we were unable to reach some of our goals. It rained almost every day so most of the...
This week the weather was nice at Jennings, LA. We did not have any short-term volunteers this week but are being blessed with one volunteer from VA next week. Even though we were short manned our two crew leaders Philip and Doug managed to complete...