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...
COLD temperatures and wind changed Monday’s work plans. Everyone was able to work indoors. Mudding and taping continued at several locations this week. Work progressed to painting and prepping the floors at the Culler house. Later in the...
Work continued on the Hayes’ home this week, including mudding and sanding of all the rooms. The kitchen/living area is ready for painting, while the rest of the rooms still need a little work. Window boxes with casings were constructed by Tom...
Two more projects were completed this week, one in Perry and one in Steinhatchee. In Perry, the damaged laundry room was rebuilt and ceramic tiles were installed on the floor. Leonard and Jonathan did a beautiful job there. In Steinhatchee, two...