The group just finished up Mike Halfmann’s home and the joy that was expressed by Mike and Jeannie touched each one of us. Mike has been working on this home since Hurricane Harvey in 2017. We laid flooring throughout home, painted trim and...
This week we had a group of Thirteen Old Order Mennonites volunteers from Southern Eastern Pennsylvania, who came eager to serve at our project. In addition, Don and Rachel Horst have joined our MDS team to serve. They will replace Verne and Gary as...
The Paradise RV project has concluded its second week in Butte County. We worked on Sherylee’s home in Concow again this week. Because of the inclement weather, we were unable to reach some of our goals. It rained almost every day so most of the...
This week the weather was nice at Jennings, LA. We did not have any short-term volunteers this week but are being blessed with one volunteer from VA next week. Even though we were short manned our two crew leaders Philip and Doug managed to complete...
We have had a cold and wet week. Progress was made despite the weather! Two weekly volunteers, Wendy, from Lodi, CA, and Gordon, from Reedley, CA, returned for another week of service. Kevin and Donna, from Clovis, CA, also joined our team for...
How quickly things change at the RV site! We are excited about Disaster Aid of Ohio’s arrival last week. They have been working on the foundations of two new builds that we eventually work on. Those young folks work at such a quick pace!!!!...
Southeast Texas is hot. Working in upper 90 degree temperatures, our volunteers installed floor joist and laid the floor sheathing. They also began constructing trusses for this home as well as the other home under construction. A United Methodist...
The inaugural California MDS RV project began with the arrival of Tom Collins, project director, and Pat and Judy Powell on Saturday. Roger and Ina Heinrichs and Chris and Carol Stone arrived on Sunday, along with a pickup and tool trailer which had...
This has been a busy week with people coming and going! Our weekly volunteers, Wendy, from Lodi, CA, arrived late Sunday night and Gordon, from Reedley, CA, arrived on Monday night. Michele WhiteEagle, California MDS Board Chair also arrived on...