The biggest thing is to listen to people’s story, because they need someone to listen to them. It’s a motto of MDS: “Put down the hammer.”
The biggest thing is to listen to people’s story, because they need someone to listen to them. It’s a motto of MDS: “Put down the hammer.”
To help Ukrainians suffering from Russia’s military invasion, Swiss and French Mennonites sent 400 handmade comforters and about 2,000 kits of hygiene supplies to Ukraine last fall.
Peace Academic Center, formerly Hopi Mission School, in Kykotsmovi, Ariz., closed last fall, and the property is being transferred to the Hopi tribe.
As the Mennonite Disaster Service family prays for and reaches out with care to fire survivors in Los Angeles, MDS volunteers are also helping fire survivors in Maui, Hawaii, by building safe housing and bringing a spirit of ohana, or extended family.
