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The house is all back together.

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Putting the pieces together in Dulac.

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Putting the panel house together in Dulac.

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Conference attendees work on the Panel House in San Jose.

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Framing walls for the panel house.

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Volunteers and new homeowners on the porch of the new home in Newton.

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House wrapping.

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Front porch construction.

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Nancy, Betty and Teena painting siding.

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Newton volunteers help the RV volunteers on their project.

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Miss Emma and her new cupboards.

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Ms. Linda's family and the MDS RV volunteers.

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Presentation of a quilt at the home dedication.

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A renovation project in Point Aux Chene

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Installing cabinets in Chunchula

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Working out the details in Bayou La Batre.

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Volunteers in Hackberry, Louisiana.

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Working on the Holiday Homes in Princeville.

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Houses in Princeville

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Framing a Holiday House in Princeville.

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Roofing in Metarie.

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Inspecting the work at a Pittsburgh project.

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Checking on progress at a project in Pittsburgh.

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MDS volunteer Melvin works at a project in Palacios.

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House Dedication in Terrace.

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Volunteers at the House Dedication in Terrace.

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Bundled up STV volunteer Mag uses the air nailer to frame the interior of the New Iberia renovation.

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Washing the evening dishes can be fun!

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Project Director Gil Friesen presents volunteer Barry Jones with the 'Broken Bit' award for his outstanding efforts in helping renovate the New Iberia house.

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Putting up siding on the New Iberia house.

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Sanding drywall is a dusty job.

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Volunteers from Mississippi and Ontario take a break for a picture in front of the New Iberia house.

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Mr. Harvey receives keys to his new home from Project Directory Gil Friesen at the home dedication in New Iberia.

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Mr. Harvey receives a quilted wall hanging.

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Completing the house wrap at a project in Wauchula.

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Framing out the doors in Wachula

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Building sheds at the youth project in Barriere.

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Youth work on sheds in Barriere.

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Volunteer group at Barriere.

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Clean-up in Julian, California.

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Fire clean-up in Julian.

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Clearing fallen trees in Century.

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Damage in Century, Florida.

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All ages work together at an MDS project.

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Framing at a project in Arcadia.

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Crew leader, Elma, with volunteers from Conrad Grebel College at Ms. Mary Joyce's dedication service in Pass Christian.

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MDS volunteer, Jill, presents a comforter that was made by her church, to Ms. Loretta at the home dedication service.

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A truckload of groceries to unload.

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Volunteers watch the POD driver load up the storage container after a house dedication.

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Don Mintmier presents the Bible to Mr. Steven at his home dedication.

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Volunteer, Roxanne Stovall, presents the wall hanging made by a group from Mt. Zion Mennonite Church in Maryland.

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The siding crew hard at work.

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Jake, Dick and Richard put down boardwalk.

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Installing windows at the project in Pass Christian, MS.

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The drywall delivery arrives.

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Cutting the boards.

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Working on and in the floor joists in Newton, Texas.

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Framing at Jerry's house in Newton.

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Week two shows lots of progress at Jerry's house.

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Week two group at Bess' house.

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Working on the roof at the F house.

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Cutting the lumber to size.

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Watch out for those toes!

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Painting trim at Pastor Charles' house in New Orleans.

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David cleaning switch plates at a home in New Orleans, LA.

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Volunteer tapers and mudders with Pastor Dwight at his home in New Orleans, LA.

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Cleaning up the mudding tools. -photo by Jim King

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Loading the van in the morning. -photo by Jim King

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Making sure lunches get to the work site. -photo by Jim King

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Mudding. -photo by Jim King

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Pastor Charles visits with the volunteers. - photo by Jim King

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Putting up the trim at Pastor Charles' house. -photo by Jim King

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Starting the day. -photo by Jim King

Insulating the attic at Pastor Charles house

Insulating the attic at Pastor Charles' house.

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Sanding the drywall at Pastor Webster's house.

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The Old Order Mennonite ladies from Ontario bless us with a program of sacred songs after a day of hard work sanding drywall at Pastor Webster's house.

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Cooks, Shirley Ens, Ollie and Norma Wiebe, load the van with a weeks worth of groceries.

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This house is changing rapidly.

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Working at the project.

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Ready to hang drywall on the ceiling.

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Planning for tomorrow.

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Ready to start the ceiling drywall.

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The volunteer group.

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Happy sanders.

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Working in tight spaces.

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Rev. Aldon Cotton shares about the destruction of his church, Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, by Hurricane Katrina, and about the rebuilding (in background).

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MDS board members, guests and MDS partners share a meal before the "Passing the Torch" ceremony at the MDS New Orleans project.

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Kevin King, MDS Executive Director, stands with Karl Bernhard, pastor of Amor Viviente Church, at the "Passing the Torch" ceremony in New Orleans.

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A prayer of blessing for all involved in the work in New Orleans.

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Karen is prepared to sand.

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Joyce makes a wonderful breakfast.

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Ken, Bob and Justin working on the floor.

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Celebrating a home dedication.

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MDS building in New Orleans.

Ms. Toni's house

Ms. Tonis' house ready for sanding.

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Working on the roof at Mr. C's house.

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The beginnings of Kenny and Brenda's house.

Clearing out Mr. Curtis house

Clearing out at Mr. Curtis' before the renovations can begin.

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Hard working cooks at the Mobile project.

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Framing up a new build in Livingston, Texas.

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Working on a project in Livingston, Texas.

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Working on trusses in Livingston, Texas.

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Working on the foundation at a Livingston project.

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Digging for foundation work at a project in Livingston.

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Ready with the rebar.

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Pouring cement for a firm foundation.

Project in Johnson Bayou

New build in Johnson Bayou.

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Len working on the siding.

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Finishing the electrical work at project 3.

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The beginnings of a new home in Johnson Bayou.

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Signs of rebuilding in Greensburg.

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Installing flooring at a project in Greensburg.

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Working on the roof in Greensburg.

Roofing in February.

Roofing despite the cold February weather.

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Finishing the porch roof at a Greensburg project.

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Installing windows.

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Ashley and Katherine mudding.

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Goldie mudding.

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Butch enjoys his work at Carmelita's house.

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Lunch break at the Bayou job site.

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Working in the Bayou.

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Raising the walls at Mr. Bennie's house in the Grand Bayou, near Diamond , LA.

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Ms. Verna recieving her quilt at her house dedication.

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The scaffolding is set to begin siding the house.

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Mary Ann's house in the Bayou.

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A well deserved break.

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Warren, Joe and Tyler starting the dock for Ruby.

Becky the electrician

Becky the electrician.

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Enjoying the wonderful Bayou fellowship after the home dedications in late March.

Mary doing some finishing touches

Mary works on some of the finishing touches on a home in Diamone, La.

Elwood and Lee hard at work

Elwood and Lee are hard at work.

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Volunteer Cheryl, Sturgis, MI, presents Mr. Buddy and Ms. Gigi with a quilted wall hanging.

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PHP group working in Cameron, LA.

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The progress on day three.

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Volunteer Jeff presents Mr. Buddy and Ms. Gigi with the keys to their new house. Jeff worked on their house for two months.

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Boarding and taping all at once.

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Enjoying the new deck at coffee break time.

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Harold and Bob test out Ms. Artimese's new ramp.

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The cooks brought slushies to the volunteers working at Mr. Buddie and Ms. Gigi's house.

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Mr. Buddy and Ms. Gigi's house is completed!

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Mr. Buddy and Ms. Gigi with Project Director Harold and Sandra Friesen.

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Ms. Artimese admires a wall-hanging presented by volunteer Polly Winters.