Mennonite Disaster Service at Minot, ND

For the month of March, we will be volunteering for MDS at Minot, ND. For now, the MDS base is at this church. We will be moving to another church within 2 weeks. The church we are presently using is quite a large church & it has many activities going on like Boy Scouts, Bible study groups, women's luncheons, & a Saturday morning "soup kitchen" plus one on Monday noon. I have a calendar that tells me which areas that need to be cleaned up & tidy for which event.

This is the front of the church which a a large beautiful stained glass window.

This windows are along the side of the sanctuary.

The woodwork is quite old but in beautiful shape.

This sign is a common sight at many flooded homes.

 The picture above is of a home that belongs to Melodie. The flood waters in this house were right up to the top of the ceiling. MDS completely gutted the house, put in new wiring, insulation & drywall, new carpets, cupboards, etc. Today there were a number of volunteers who weren't leaving until this afternoon, so they moved Melodie into her new home.

 Melodie still has some "flood money" left so she is thinking about spending it on siding & a back step which MDS would do for her.

This is Melodie. Her 36 year old son & her 87 year old stepfather live with her. Melodie wishes that she could go to Missouri to visit her daughter & her 4 grandchildren whom she has never met. She is very grateful for what MDS has done for her as her parents built the house that was flooded so it really means alot to her to be able to move back in. She has a heart of gold for the people that she is the main caregiver for & at this point I'm not sure how much she is appreciated.