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Posted on August 18, 2011 - by Larry

Disaster Recovery Worktrip Photos – Joplin, MO

Joplin Missouri

Disaster Recovery Worktrip Photos – Joplin, MO. Click link to view photo.

Posted on August 18, 2011 - by Sheri

Volunteering in Joplin

Joplin Missouri

Volunteering in Joplin Hi this is Sheri.  We started the day on Byers street with debris removal. We worked with our crew from Montview as well as a crew from AmeriCorps and a crew from Iowa.    We were standing on a corner lot…no street signs anywhere, mangled trees (where there were trees) utility poles leaning [...]

Posted on August 18, 2011 - by Larry

On the Schoolbus

Joplin Missouri

Hi this is Diana Walstrom, Yesterday after removing debris we went to Pioneer warehouse and put together backpacks for kids in middle school and high school who started school today.  Donations of school supplies were stacked high in the warehouse and many volunteers were there to sort the supplies so each child could start this [...]

Posted on August 18, 2011 - by Larry

Signs of Hope – Joplin, MO

Joplin Missouri

Hi, my name is Nancy Tuma Hinrichs and I am with the mission group in Joplin Missouri this week.  The destruction we saw this morning was like nothing I have ever seen before; trees looking like tall brown stumps with green leaves, a blue van looking like someone took a baseball bat to the windows, [...]

Posted on June 24, 2011 - by JamesD

Final Reflections

Yakima Washington

I have been on 5 worktrips, and I am the last youth member to remember our trip to New Orleans. As I have gone through this worktrip I have listened to stories of Native American nations being reduced and downsized to the point where traditions and stories are reduced to isolated members. While I am [...]

Posted on June 24, 2011 - by JamesD

Neil’s Loving it!!

Yakima Washington

Today I worked at a food bank where I was shucking corn.  We shucked at least 5 pins of corn.  It is is beautiful in Yakima, at least at the farm.  You can see Mt. Adams, which is in the Cascade Range in western Washington State.  (And yes I’m tired)  Then we went on a [...]

Posted on June 22, 2011 - by JamesD

Hoop dance

Yakima Washington
Posted on June 21, 2011 - by JamesD

Work Day One

Yakima Washington

By Morgan Cohen Hello everyone! So today we woke up super early at 6am to do morning farm chores.  My group got to go feed all of the animals.  We fed the very hungry chickens.  I was in charge of getting the eggs, which was quite frightening because I thought they were going to attack [...]

Posted on June 21, 2011 - by JamesD

Hives- The Story of Andy ”Weed Wacker” Schmidt

Yakima Washington

Today we were at the United Gospel Mission, an organization dedicated to helping the homeless. So we llamas, that was the name of our group, were assigned to two tasks, the first being taking care of a weed problem and the second, sweeping. The sweeping went smoothly for my partner, Luke, and I. The rest [...]

Posted on June 19, 2011 - by JamesD

Have we started yet?

Yakima Washington

Hey guys it’s Katie. This is my first blog, so bear with me. The fact that the worktrip has begun hasn’t really sunk in yet. I feel like all I did today was sleep. It seemed like I slept for 15 minutes but I would wake up an hour later. The time melded together and [...]

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Nepal

What a Journey

What a Journey by the Revmo…Sheri Fry January 1, 2011 Happy New Year – We spent the last day and a half in Kathmandu.  The experience could not be more different than life in the village and rafting the Trisuli River.  It is a city of millions – vibrant and alive and CRAZY!!   Asan [...]

Nepal

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Sorry for not posting the last few days. I will get them done very soon. We have been really busy in Kathmandu and I am about to lose my wifi SO I will try to write on the plane and upload first thing in Hong Kong. Today we are visiting a big [...]

Nepal

Kathmandu

We are in Kathmandu now. A hot shower has never felt so good. I will write a “catch up” post tonight.

Nepal

Quickie

We’ve made it to Pokhara! It has been a VERY busy couple of days and I haven’t gotten a chance to write so I will post more when we finally get to Kathmandu. We are rafting bright and early tomorrow. Good night!

Nepal

You Shall Not Pass

You Shall Not Pass On the way back from work yesterday there is this little path along the terrace with a drop off on one side and an animal pen and the other terrace wall on the other side. Chris, Josh and I were walking single file and a male goat was blocking the path. [...]

Nepal

Making Connections

Hi! It’s Chris C. It’s already the last day here and I can’t believe it’s already come.  I’ll share with you my perspective on something I noticed as we approach our return. One thing that I think I had high expectations about was connecting with the local people of the village.  I sort of expected [...]

Nepal

Saripakha Village, Nepal – December 26, 2010

Saripakha Village, Nepal – December 26, 2010 Routine morning. Today the group was split nearly in two and the larger chunk went to the dedication of the distribution center that was recently built. I think Montview has given some money to aid in the completion of that project. It will allow the local farmers to [...]

Nepal

Gettin’ Quaded

Gettin’ Quaded Quade here (really it’s Patrick writing for Quade) Yesterday when a group of people ventured down to the opening of the distribution center, I stayed and worked …like a boss! A group of us who stayed had to work on the green house, pipe pulling, backfilling and basically everything. I backfilled and pulled [...]

Nepal

Tea Time!

Tea Time! Waking up to tea has been a refreshing and wonderful way to wake up! Around 6:30 a.m. the sherpas come around with a hot cup of chai tea (so hot that Jane burned her finger and has a giant nasty blister) and sat “good morning! tea time!”  We sleepily grab our cup of [...]

Nepal

Washing Water

Washing Water Everyday we get washing water in the morning and evening.  However, using the wash water effectively is easier said then done.  We soon discovered that it consisted of a quart of water to which we were supposed to clean ourselves.  Also we were only given the water in the two times of the [...]

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