MCC, a Perceptive Organization
Helen Wieler talks about how Mennonite Central Committee was create and how it is impacting our world today. An Anabaptist story of hope, help and peace. TRANSCRIPT In 1920, the conditions in post-war Russia made life very difficult for the Mennonites living there. Instead of the peaceful village there was famine, murder, rape and pillage. […]
I was hungry and you fed me – Gleaners
Several years ago I presented a paper on Mennonites in the Former Soviet Union in a public forum at the Okanagan University College. During the question period I was asked, “What is your strongest memory as a refugee from WWII?” I had never given this much thought since life has been generous after emigrating to […]
Saved by the Torah – Johann Funk
Janet Benvie and I are swarmed by Israeli settler youth as we monitor the occupation of Wadi Nasara on the outskirts of Hebron, Palestine. We are both on the Hebron Christian Peacemaker Team that monitors checkpoints and potential conflict zones in an effort to reduce the level of violence. For several days the youth blockades […]
Rosa Triana
I learned to know Rosa in 1980 when my family lived in the town of La Mesa about a two-hour drive from Bogotá, Colombia. My husband and I were missionaries serving under the Mennonite Church. My principal assignment was training leaders in the churches, but I was also active in the local Mennonite Church in […]