The new leadership team took over this week, led by Project Director Doug Brake and supported by Kent Hering Office Manager, Head Cook Gabby Bomberger and Crew Leader Mike Hofer. Our team of weekly volunteers consisted of 5 men and 3 women who came...
5 young guys and 6 young girls drove to Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, from northern Iowa to work for the week of March 1 – 7 with the leadership team. Joining them was 5 members of the Muff family from Minnesota. Tobias Muff had previously...
Winter returned to Spartanburg this week, but fortunately did not impede progress! Once again, the tasks at hand were perfectly matched by the volunteer’s skills arriving this week from Goshen, IN. We welcomed Emily Ropp as Head Cook, Raymond...
This week 10 volunteers from Wisconsin brought their experience and enthusiasm to our efforts here in Elk. We made good progress that visibly changed the look inside the houses. It’s so rewarding to see the progress. Bill’s house –...
Twelve volunteers, including eight young men and four young gals, joined the leadership team in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, to work a combined 648 hours finishing up outside work at the sites. With the national average volunteer pay rate of $34.79...
It was another beautiful weather week in southeast Texas; however it was quite cold during the first half of the week. Many of us had our furnaces running overnight and heaters turned on in the Office Trailer during devotions. It did warm up...
Monday was a bit chaotic for our group of nine skilled energetic young men from up-state New York, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas. But by the close of the workday on Friday, this crew had finished one house and made significant progress on two more....
The highlight of the week for Conroe MDS was our lunch at Mr.Crumbley ’s house on Friday. A group of 16 volunteers from the Leamington area in Ontario, Canada joined us in Conroe this week. From day one, the group volunteering at the Crumbley...
A group of 15 volunteers from the Martindale and Parkview Mennonite Churches in Pennsylvania arrived Sunday, February 22. All young people with lots of energy, they eagerly tackled the job of building houses Monday morning. A team of 14 volunteers...
