Dairy Yamillet Ruedas Marquez’s migration journey from Venezuela to Colombia passed from sorrow to joy — with the support of a Mennonite congregation — and
Mennonite Mission Network has appointed Juan Pacheco Lozano of Goshen, Ind., as regional director for Latin America. He succeeds Linda Shelly, who served since 2002.
The World Council of Churches has appointed Jenny Neme of Colombia to be its deputy special envoy to the peace dialogue between Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group.
The Mennonite Brethren conference in Colombia has called on the global Anabaptist family to support them in prayer after the La Samaritana MB congregation in La Toma gave shelter in May to about 300 people fleeing violence between illegal groups and the army.
Growing up in Colombia, in a Catholic family with eight brothers, I had to deal with the patriarchal tradition that women had more duties at home than men.
The World Council of Churches has appointed a Mennonite as one of its observer participants in the next stage of a peace process addressing armed conflict in Colombia.
