Weekly Report for Anahuac

Home owners have expressed their thankfulness for a new roof and the hard, faithful work of MDS volunteers in many ways. A few of the home owners can only offer a sincere hand shake and provide a big smile. Some open their modest homes for the much appreciated restroom facilities, or cook a delicious Southern Tex-Mex meal for the volunteers. The last two weeks were filled with the smells and taste of home cooking- gumbo, rice, potato salad, fish fry, potato fries, sweet tea, etc. These were new food experiences for many of the northern MDS volunteers. The great meals coming from the MDS kitchen prepared by Gordon and Maria Martens added daily to the Texas menu.

Nathaniel, Joseph, Veta, Martha, Teresa, Esperanza and Quinten, are a just few of the home owners that MDS volunteers provided new roofs for their homes within the last two weeks. The interior of the home ruined by hurricane Ike belonging to W.J. and Barbara was in urgent need to be “mucked out”. Another organization had spent a day in their home “mucking,” but with little results. So, there was a little hesitation letting the Mennonites “muck.” At the end of the day, there was a pile of debris twenty feet long, and six feet high at the road side. Needless to say, the homeowners were astonished at the amount of work accomplished.

During the last two weeks, several of the testimonies given by weekly MDS volunteers during Wednesday night Bible study, and morning devotions revealed powerful changes in the lives of those who came to serve The Kingdom.

The cheerful arrival of Katharina “Tina” from Germany as a MDS volunteer has provided a new friend to all here at the MDS Anahuac camp.

“Therefore my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” I Corinthians 15:58

Nick, Gordon and Maria, Rudy, Amy, Tina, Don, and Mike