The Southwest Florida site welcomed 13 volunteers to Arcadia this week; grandparents from Carthage, NY, brought 5 of their teenaged grandchildren to serve with them, and a group of 6 young men joined us from Ephrata, PA. What good workers they all...
Why Walk When You Can Fly Mary Chapin Carpenter was born in Princeton, New Jersey in the late 1950’s. Her father was an executive with Life Magazine, while her mom was a folk singer and guitarist, from whom Mary learned to play guitar and...
It was a good week in Welsh! We started the week with a House Blessing at the home of Pastor Jerry and Phyllis. It was a great blessing to be able to make this house more livable for this couple. At Veronica’s house in Jennings, we sanded...
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...
