The Kennells, of Albuquerque, N.M., are North American ambassadors for SEMILLA, a role they took on this year. They returned Nov. 30 from a three-week trip through five countries, where they met with eight groups of students.
They asked students about their experience with SEMILLA — good and bad — as well as their hopes and dreams for the school.
This was the undertaking at Mennonite Disaster Service over the last two years. The bulk of the work took place at MDS’s warehouse locations in Columbus, Miss., and Lititz, Pa. Longtime MDS volunteers Lloyd and Irene Letkeman . . .