“A great way to spend retirement years” ELMIRA, Ont. — “It’s a real blessing to help someone and see hope come back into their eyes.” That’s one of the main Read More…
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Mennonite Disaster Service closes project in Grand Forks “We came as strangers. We leave as friends.” That’s what project director Peter Thiessen said at the October 2 closing celebration of Read More…
It has been a week of much celebration and many tears. As we focused on getting the last of our projects completed we were, once again, reminded of how God Read More…
The last week of September started with the arrival of eleven new volunteers from North Carolina, British Columbia, Manitoba and Pennsylvania. Three more volunteers from British Columbia joined us mid-week. Read More…
We welcomed to the Grand Forks MDS unit thirteen new weekly volunteers from Alberta, Pennsylvania a Long Term volunteer from Ontario and our new cook Linda from Penticton BC. Glenn Read More…
Greetings from Grand Forks. Our week started with cooler weather and some rain. The Fall Fair took place over the past weekend where we attended the community worship service until Read More…
Warm weather and many skilled volunteers provided the opportunity to get a great deal of work done this week. We had ten short term volunteers from British Columbia and Manitoba. Read More…
We said goodbye to three of our long term volunteers on Friday; Sam, Jon & Hannah. It was a pleasure to work with them and to get to know them. Read More…
This week brought us a variety of adult volunteers from Alberta and British Columbia; Jackie and Doug from Lethbridge, Royce and Petie from Ardrossan, Calvin and Owen from Chilliwack, Jack Read More…
This week brought to us a delightful group of young people, together with their leaders, from Winkler EMM Church. They were enthusiastic from start to finish and added a whole Read More…