Almost a year and a half after their link to the road was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, Garcie and Josephine Cogar are happily walking their new 120-foot swinging bridge built by Mennonite Disaster Service volunteers.
The Cogars’ plight was brought to the attention of Larry Stoner, MDS disaster response coordinator, by the Red Cross of West Virginia.
Twenty years ago, in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide, nearly 2 million people fled into Congo. Most were Rwandan civilians, but some were the soldiers and militiamen . . .
“I feel that the African Mennonites are more Mennonite than people in Mennonite churches in the U.S.,” said Louis Jean, pastor of Church of . . .