Early in the morning of May 24 a group of 14 young ladies, plus their driver, arrived from New Holland, Pennsylvania After a few hours of sleep they were ready Read More…
Author: Christle Gehman
The June edition of On the Level is now available from Mennonite Disaster Service. In our current issue: MDS and the Brethren Church formalize a partnership of caring, the last Read More…
Across the U.S., young people are packing their bags to embark on an MDS Summer Youth Programs. They took time to share their deep sense of mission and true excitement Read More…
After living in her new home for two months, Willie Green still likes to walk up and and down the hallway. “Never in my life have I had a hallway Read More…
It’s the last day of school and Lauren Collins takes a moment to breathe before she picks up her three kids. She’s in her place of peace—her new home, built Read More…
The fourth and final home was dedicated on Thursday ending the MDS project begin in Marianna a few weeks after Hurricane Michael hit Mexico Beach and then headed north. We Read More…
Three years after Hurricane Harvey, Tierra de Esperanza opens doors to hope for 23 families in Texas
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and Disaster Aid Ohio, in partnership with the Coastal Bend Disaster Recovery Group dedicated the last 13 homes in the Tierra de Esperanza, or “Land of Read More…
A college class of 14 volunteers from Goshen College in Goshen Indiana were here with three chaperones the past two weeks. They were able to help finish up two homes Read More…
The May edition of On the Level is now available from Mennonite Disaster Service. In our current issue: MDS celebrates the wrap up of its multi-year long Hurricane Harvey response, volunteers Read More…
When Jean Anderson read in a Brethren Church newsletter that Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) and the Brethren Church had formalized a working agreement together, she could not have been more Read More…