On Sunday evening a group of 12 cousins arrived from Ohio to volunteer this week. They should be able to enjoy some warm, sunny weather while here in Texas! Monday morning found 9 volunteers at the new Habitat build. They were ready to put up the...
This week we have a lively group of six young girls from central Wisconsin. They brought two older couples with them, who have fun right along with them, as well as with the rest of us. Dave and Marian Mininger and Pauline Yoder also arrived over the...
We have had a very productive week here at Coastal Bend RV and are ending a little on the cool side for Texas. It was a cool 34 degrees yesterday with gale force winds making it feel like 25 degrees. We have a dedicated crew and everyone...
The work in Marianna continues with very cool mornings and warmer afternoons. We worked on four different jobs and ended the work week with a house blessing at Job #2. When Ray’s team left the Job #2 home on Wednesday, the living area was...
Our leadership volunteers this week were David Hughes as Project Director, Patti Hughes as Office Manager, and Ivan and Anna Mary Martin as cooks. The Martins are from Narvon, Pennsylvania. The weekly volunteers this week were from three...
Merlyn, from Ontario, Canada, joined us as a long term volunteer this week. He will be a crew leader with us for four weeks. Several groups of short term volunteers arrived on Sunday evening, 15 from Ohio, and two from Illinois. We began the...
Our long-term team this week included Rollie Ulrich, Project Director from Indiana, Ryan Sprunger, Construction Supervisor from Indiana, Tina Miller, Cook from Indiana, Ina Heinrich, Cook from California, Leo & Mim Martin, Crew Leader and...
I Am An Immigrant During the early years of Texas independence a lot of land was made available for settlement. Soldiers of the Republic of Texas had been paid in land grants and many of them needed money. After beTexasstate, from 1850 to 1860, the...
The Lord God Made Them All At an MDS project, most weeks are a mix of events and emotions that range from the very best to very difficult. This week at the McAllen MDS project I had the joy of signing the job card to start a new house, our 5th...