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EMM worker finds his heart among Karen people

LANCASTER, Pa. — Eastern Mennonite Missions worker Sean FitzGerald finds himself deeply impacted by his recent service among and ongoing relationships with Karen refugees from Myanmar, formerly Burma, living in Lancaster.

“What I have learned and continue to learn from my friends is this: We are not perfect; none of us are,” FitzGerald said.

Chris Fretz | Eastern Mennonite Missions

June 11, 2015

By tractor, truck and on foot, aid reaches rural Nepal

Using tractors and people power to haul supplies where trucks could not go, Mennonite Central Committee’s partner organizations finished an initial distribution of emergency supplies to Nepal earthquake survivors May 12, the same day a second major earthquake rattled the country.

Mennonite Central Committee

May 22, 2015

Shaken foundation

Natural disasters highlight some of the best, worst and most unexplainable pieces of humanity. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, killing more

Kelli Yoder

May 11, 2015

MCC responds with food, shelter, supplies in Nepal

Mennonite Central Committee will begin its Nepal earthquake response by working with a local organization in the remote, eastern area of the country, providing food and other essential items to affected families.

Support for about 200 families in Okhaldhunga District will assist people whose homes are no longer safe for use and who have less than one week of food available. Priority will be given to female-led households, and households . . .

Julie Bell | Mennonite Central Committee

April 30, 2015

Rare Russian Mennonite photos to see new life

A collection of photos depicting Mennonite life in Southern Russia (present-day Ukraine) at the turn of the 20th century — a pinnacle quickly wiped out by the Bolshevik Revolution — should find its way back to the printed page early next year.

John Rempel of Toronto and Lauren Friesen of Chicago are working to produce a reprint of Forever Summer, Forever Sunday, featuring 93 photographs by Rempel’s grandfather, Peter Gerhard Rempel.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

April 6, 2015

Call to serve abroad is a ‘remarkable adventure’

CAPINGA, Mozambique — Rebecca Standen wears a headlamp to light the way and checks a pot of chima bubbling over the fire outside her tiny

Mennonite Central Committee

February 2, 2015

South Korean events showcase student peace movies

Lessons of peace were highlighted through short films and workshops at two parallel events co-hosted by the Korea Peacebuilding Institute. KOPI, which is supported by

Wil LaVeist | Mennonite Mission Network

February 2, 2015

Vietnamese pastor severely beaten

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Nguyen Hong Quang, leader of the unregistered Vietnam Evangelical Mennonite Church, was severely beaten on his way to evening worship Jan. 18.

A few minutes after leaving his home with another pastor, Huynh Thuc Khai, each on his own motorcycle, they were accosted by two men who knocked Khai from his motorcycle.

Quang, who was following, stopped to assist the younger pastor. The two assailants signaled five other men, who assaulted Quang with clubs and bricks.

Luke Martin

January 26, 2015

Year after typhoon, MCC still rebuilding in Philippines

One year after Typhoon Haiyan destroyed the house of Dominga Arias in the Philippines, the 50-year-old widow and mother of three has a new home with a more spacious bedroom than before.

The simple wood structure with a tin roof was built by combining wood from her old house with a shelter kit of new wood, tin roofing, rebar and building supplies provided by Mennonite Central Committee through Church World Service and its partners.

Laurie Oswald Robinson | For Mennonite Central Committee

November 24, 2014

Taiwanese mark 60 years

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan celebrated its 60th anniversary Oct. 25-26, honoring its beginning with Mennonite mission workers, rejoicing for

Mennonite Mission Network

November 24, 2014