Mennonite Disaster Service

Judy Schmidt likes to cook—even for 20 or more people at a time.

“As I sit here composing this e-mail, I am asking God to give me the words to adequately express our gratitude for all the help that your organization has provided. What you have done to help is so big, we do not have words available.”

“Everyone on our team would agree that it was a very good week and felt good about contributing to the rebuilding of this hard-hit community”

Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers hard at work in Atlantic Canada after Hurricane Fiona 61 jobs done since end of September  WINNIPEG, Man. — “People are really thankful, they can’t imagine…

There is a particular need for experienced chainsaw operators since crews will be working with trees of up to a metre or more in diameter.

“It was perfect timing,” he said, adding cars started rolling by and dogs barked right after the time of silence ended. “If felt like God was with us.”

“The need is overwhelming,” said Larry Stoner, MDS regional operations coordinator, describing the aftermath of the historic deluge in late July that killed 38 people in a rural corner of the state. 

Helmut Hein serves in kitchen at Monte Lake, B.C.  Each morning, when Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers head out to job sites in Monte Lake, B.C., Helmut Hein of Abbotsford,…

“I can really identify with the homeowners and their need for a home. Everyone needs a good home.”

“It’s about staying in the moment, thinking and praying, being in the presence of God and God’s love,”

“It is my hope that anyone who reads these haiku verses will catch the spirit of the story of each Psalm and see them in a new way,” he said.

“Farmers in Saskatchewan are still living with the impact of the lack of rain, and we don’t want to forget them. I hope more farmers in Ontario will step up to help by donating hay.” 

Around 20 volunteers are needed by December 6 to help people in that interior community clean out their flooded homes.