HeyJaredMennonite Disaster Service
Mennonite Disaster Service brings disaster survivors back home. The MDS Podcast takes you behind the scenes of this volunteer-powered organization through conversations with the people who make it happen.
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- Aug 31, 2026
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MDS Podcast Episode #14 - Herb Hoover (opens the original)
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One of the most richly story-filled episodes yet, host Gloria Nussbaum sat down with Herb Hoover to talk about his life of service. Herbert Hoover has been serving with MDS since he was 20 years old, back when a six-month trip to rebuild a tornado-damaged warehouse in the Mississippi Delta had barely any structure to it at all. Decades later, he's still going: through the Blizzard of '78 in Buffalo, Hurricane Hugo, tornadoes in Georgia, wildfires in Alaska, and most recently Hurricane Maria in P
MDS Podcast Episode #13 - Henry Warkentin (opens the original)
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Host Gloria Nussbaum sits down with Henry Warkentin, former Chairman of MDS Canada, whose service began at 23 when he helped a neighbor recovering from a back injury. That small act grew into decades of disaster response, including work after Hurricane Katrina, guided by what Henry calls the three phases of life: learning, earning, and returning. Henry shares why MDS projects have felt more like vacations than sacrifice, the homeowners and moments that have stayed with him, his path to chairman,
MDS Podcast Episode #12 - Gord Friesen (opens the original)
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Host Gloria Nussbaum sits down with Gord Friesen from Winnipeg, Manitoba, for a conversation that spans more than seven decades of MDS history.Gord's connection to disaster response goes back to childhood, tagging along with his father after a storm hit Manitoba. Decades later, a flood on the Red River brought him back to MDS.What has he gained? The look on a homeowner's face when they realize the people rebuilding their home aren't there for a paycheck.
MDS Podcast Episode #11 - Clete Yoder (opens the original)
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After retiring from a career designing power plants, Clete Yoder took one trip to Mississippi with a friend to help rebuild a home -- and never really stopped. Host Gloria Nussbaum sits down with Clete to trace a journey that has taken him from Ohio to Alaska, Puerto Rico, Saipan, American Samoa, and eastern Kentucky, where he once built two bridges in a single week. A civil engineer turned MDS project director, Clete shares what it means to build teams, work alongside community partners, and fi
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