We (the Sawatzkys) delivered and picked up our last and this week’s volunteers at the airport on Saturday. John and Linda did a little shopping at Walmart to pick up Read More…
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The start up of work in Utuado began again in November. John and Linda Sawatzky arrived on October 29th in Utuado to meet with UMCOR/ReHace rep Edgar Quinones to learn Read More…
Work continued on Monday and Tuesday this week on Popo Alicea’s house. Popo has both legs amputated above the knee. His house is in desperate need of paint. Before painting, Read More…
This week we were blessed with a group of five volunteers from Normal, Illinois: Chris & Cory Culbertson, their son Matt Culbertson, along with Jonah King and Evan King, friends Read More…
Three of the five one-year volunteers who were with us last week stayed in Aibonito for a second week: Jesse Yoder, Noah Schulz, and Marco Tissen. Joining them for the Read More…
MDS was busy during the week of June 1 – 8 in Ponce. There were a variety of people working. The one-week volunteers were all from Ohio: Bruce Kindy, Levi Read More…
A group of five volunteers serving one year with MDS joined us in Aibonito this week. Team members are Jesse Yoder, Denver, PA; Noah Schulz, Wildberg, Germany; Marco Tissen, Minden, Read More…
We were privileged to have James Kaufman from Kansas and Scott Gardner from San Juan join us for the week. At the end of the week, Tim Hershberger, the incoming Read More…
One of the joys of volunteering with MDS is making new friends and reconnecting with former friends. This was the case for us this week when we welcomed our four Read More…
This was a week in transition here in Utuado, with transitions between Program Directors and also the first phase of a transition from large concrete building projects to smaller projects Read More…