On Saturday we welcomed Judy Schmidt, (MB) serving as head cook. She joined Marlene and Leon Martin, (PA) assistant cook and construction supervisor, as well as Don and Rachel Horst, (KS) project director and office manager. After a long train...
Matthew 9:36-38 “when he saw the crowd he had compassion on them because they were harassed and helpless, like a sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few, therefore pray...
This week we were blessed with a large group of volunteers. The first group included Todd Haworth, Tracy Haworth, Paul Haworth, Wayne Brown, Jim Eby, Kevin Froese, and Jerry Moody. They came from Washington, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The second...
Hello In There In 1971, I discovered John Prine. He’d just released his first vinyl album and the songs directed an uncommon beautiful light on common experiences. His song “Hello In There” extended my education about loneliness and older...
It was a beautiful sunny week for our closing in Breathitt County. We still had Dave and Patti Hughes as Project Director and Office Manager and Ivan and Anna Mary Martin continued as our cooks. Our weekly volunteers were from a variety of places...
Spring is in the air – very warm (80’s) air this week! The new volunteers who arrived over the weekend are getting acclimated to our worksites. We had another house blessing and are thankful that we helped a mother and her family have a more...
Four of the February long-term team have completed a month of service. Rollie, Josie, Leo and Mim are all returning home this weekend. Tina, Ryan and Les will continue on through the month of March. Lauren King arrived to replace Josie as office...
Greetings from Paradise, California. This week we prayed for enough work for our big crew! God provided; a big cabinet order, much delayed, finally came in; also we picked up another brief job that we were able to do for one of our homeowners...
Arriving on Sunday this week was a group from IA – six young men and five young ladies, several of who have served with MDS before. On Monday a crew went to Gregory, working on the final check list there. Another group of volunteers went to...