What’s In a Name When I started second grade, we had moved and I was in a new school. On the first day, the new teacher mispronounced my first name, Carlyle. Once those giggles were past, she asked about my middle name. I have none, so I...
Rollie, Ryan, Tina, Leo, Mim, Les and Josie continued as the long-term leadership team this week. Our weekly volunteers were Paul Griffiths, from Idaho, and Don Rheinheimer, from Arizona. Don, a member of the MDS board of delegates, spent two weeks...
This week we welcomed a group of 9 men and 3 women from Newville, Pa who had many collective years of MDS experience. Those new to the organization quickly caught on and we made great progress at five homes in the course of the week. David...
On Sunday afternoon we went to Corpus Christi to pick up five young ladies from New York who will be volunteering for the week. It was fun to see them again as they had served with a couple of us some years ago in Jamestown, CO! They are glad to...
Included in this report are updates on our jobsites for two weeks. I was called out-of-state for a family emergency and am now catching up! Job #3 – Ray’s team continued to work on flooring, painting, and trim work. Kitchen cabinets were...
Transformation the word that has been going through my thoughts since Friday. Transformation is defined as “a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.” This group of RV volunteers have sure experienced it the past week. They have...
This week we have six young ladies from Indiana, and ten men and women from the finger lakes area of New York. They are an especially lively bunch, enjoying no end of teasing and bantering. We get in on it at supper when the crew leaders pick someone...
Hard Times Stephen C. Foster is considered the “father of American music” with over 200 songs written and published during his 37 years of life. The 2005 Grammy winning album “Beautiful Dreamer” is a recording of Foster’s songs, by...
Our long-term team this week included Rollie Ulrich, Project Director from Indiana, Ryan Sprunger, Construction Supervisor from Indiana, Tina Miller, Cook from Indiana, Leo & Mim Martin, Crew Leader and Assistant Cook from Pennsylvania, Lester...