Volunteers from three different areas came to Eastern KY last week. A group of four from Western PA; a group of 6 from Southern Ohio; a group of three from Lancaster PA. They joined ten Long Term Volunteers including newcomers Bob and Sandy Martin,...
This week we had an extended family of 27 people join us to serve! They are the members of our crew leader Jonathan’s family, from Ohio and Kentucky. It’s a good dorm full! Monday found a crew heading to James’ to work on mudding drywall...
The 10 energetic young fellows from the Shippensburg, Pa area worked on tearing off and putting on roofs. One day the two groups had a contest to see which group was the fastest tearing off. The Glenn C. group of 8 from around Mifflintown, PA and...
Miss Hayle’s renovations are nearly completed. On Monday the painting was completed on her porch. The bathroom was painted and flooring installed. We plan to have a house blessing this week Wednesday. We are starting a new project on Miss...
Anna & Ivan Martin from PA continued as our cooks, Harlan Newswanger and Keith Sensenig from OH as our crew leaders. Mary-Ann & Pim Van Oeveren from BC joined us as assistant cook & long-term volunteer as well as Don & Rachel Horst...
“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound . . .” The devotional led by 12 students from Rosedale Bible College reminded us to be grateful. This group from Ohio was led by Al Yoder, a long-time MDS volunteer. Their liveliness was refreshing, their...
A group of (12) men from Michigan and (3) women from Ontario, Canada made up our volunteer crew this week. As a nice surprise, the timeline for insulation and then inspection at the Sterling house went quicker than hoped so it allowed us to start...
This was the final week for Dave and Patti Hughes as Project Director and Office Manager. They will be heading home to Ohio. Leon Martin, our Construction Supervisor, and his wife, Marlene, assistant cook, will return to Pennsylvania at the end of...
We thought we would only have five workers this week, because our large group cancelled out. But our head cook reached out to a nephew in Dayton, Virginia, and he responded by sending eight youth to help us. We also had two unexpected arrivals of two...
