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Tag: Florida

“This is a chance at life”

Posted on December 30, 2020January 14, 2021 by Christle Gehman

Jeffery Moseley is a patient man. As the resident of Marianna, Fla. watched Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) close the doors on his half-built home in December because of a spike Read More…

Posted in NewsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

MDS volunteers in Florida: working safely, respecting each other

Posted on December 15, 2020January 14, 2021 by Christle Gehman

As Don Yoder temporarily closed the doors of the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) project in Marianna, Florida in early December, he looked back on the last couple of months: “It’s Read More…

Posted in NewsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Nov 23-27, 2020

Posted on December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Three volunteers joined us this week. A couple came from eastern Maryland and a single woman from southern Florida. We met our goal of getting three of our new houses Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Nov 16-20, 2020

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Six young adult volunteers from Elkhart County Indiana and a married couple from Maryland worked in Marianna FL this week. They worked on three of the four houses underway here. Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Nov 9-13, 2020

Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Nine volunteers from Western Pennsylvania worked in Marianna FL this week. They were recruited from several congregations with a variety of skills. Members of this group have done a variety Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Nov 2-6, 2020

Posted on November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 by Christle Gehman

A group of 12 young adults and two leaders came to Marianna Florida from Dayton Virginia. About 2/3 of the group had been at this site before the pandemic. They Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Oct 26-30, 2020

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Marianna benefited from 12 volunteers from Davis County Indiana this week. Ten of them were young men with experience and skills in framing. Their leader regularly takes a group of Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Oct 19-23, 2020

Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Four volunteers worked in Marianna FL this week: a couple from Goshen IN lived in the camp for the week; a man from FL and a man from AL were Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Marianna, FL – Weekly Report – Oct 12-16, 2020

Posted on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 by Christle Gehman

This was startup week at Marianna FL. The seven long term volunteers began arriving on Saturday and were joined for three days by Roland Stutzman. Volunteers come from Virginia, Indiana, Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Florida, Hurricane Michael, Marianna

Chipley, FL RV – Weekly Report – Mar 9-13, 2020

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by Christle Gehman

Emails bring joy, news, (both good and bad) praise, etc. Thursday late evening we received a shocking email that told us all MDS project sites were to close on Friday, Read More…

Posted in Weekly ReportsTagged Chipley, Florida, Hurricane Michael

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