ALMERE, Netherlands — Hans Blanken first visited the drop-in center in his neighborhood because he didn’t want to be rude. He had avoided Inloophuis de
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.
“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city,” he wrote. “Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper” (Jer. 29:7).
Krista Allen of Elkhart, Ind., wrote the children’s curriculum in collaboration with the MKC peace office during a four-year service term with Mennonite Central Committee in Addis Ababa.
A training program supported by Mennonite Central Committee helped her do it.
Three years ago, Markos lived in a rural village with her husband and three children. They worked as subsistence . . .
