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…
Tag: Hurricane Maria
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…
Our energetic and talented volunteers this week were from the Hinkletown Mennonite congregation. Since there were ten in their group, five went to Ponce and five came to Aibonito. For Read More…
We had another good week working on the house in Vivi Arriba. We were blessed with workers who arrived with skills we needed. Windows were installed, many of the floor Read More…
This week we had seven volunteers from Pennsylvania: Jim and Carol Herr, and the Allebach family, Brent and Linda, their son, Preston, and daughter and son-in-law, Casie and Josiah Landis. Read More…
This week we had six volunteers: five (Niles Graber Alvarez, Rodney Reschly, Alan Ediger, Sandra Hostetler, and Paul Gingerich) from Goshen, Indiana and one (Emma Gerigscott) from Portland, Oregon. The Read More…
Four young men 20 years old and younger, as well as the father of two of them, from Weaverland Conference in Pennsylvania made a marvelous contribution to the project the Read More…
This week we had five volunteers from Kidron Mennonite church in Ohio: Firman Raber, Wendell Schloneger, Peter Miller, Carlin Lehman, and Arlis Kauffman. They, with Neil Rempel, completed the work Read More…
This week we had four volunteers: Phil Histand, Bob Buxman, and Gerry Langstraat from Oregon and Joan Kulp from Virginia. They, with Neil, began the work on Alma Ortiz’s house. Read More…
Five volunteers resumed work on the church and on Martha’s house the week of January 14. A professional painter from Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario stayed for two full weeks and completed painting Read More…